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Map of Philadelphia Harbor, Delaware and Schuylkill, 1912
Old U. S. Navy Yard
Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873
Coal Depot, Richmond, on the Delaware (Picturesque America)
Chestnut Street Bridge, on the Schuylkill River (Picturesque America)
Fairmount Dam Fish Ladder diagram
Fairmount Dam Fishway sign
PWD’s Jay Cruz with a striped bass
Otter at Fairmount Water Works fishcam, 2005
PWD’s Joe Perillo holds an American shad near the Fairmount Fishway
Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873
Photos from the Philadelphia Anglers’ Club
Two Frankford Creek Bridges, 1896-1899
“Town street scavengers from life,” Kollner, 1844
A Day in the Ma’sh – Outdoor Tenants
Army Corps of Engineers 1882 Report on Navigation in Frankford Creek
The City and Port of Philadelphia on the River Delaware from Kensington, 1800
Pegg’s Run, Northern Liberties (Watson’s Annals)
Drawbridge and Dock Creek, Watson’s Annals
River herring from the Schuylkill
PWD’s Lance Butler with an invasive flathead catfish