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Historic resources from our archives - images, maps, documents, and more.

Black-and-white image of workers in a pit with a sewer opening behind them and text

Frankford Creek: Sad History of an Urban Stream title page

Black and white photo showing a wooden truss bridge over a creek

Wood truss drawbridge, Orthodox Street over Frankford Creek, rebuilt 1899

Black and white photo of square archways over a bridge

Bridge Street Draw, view through bridge, July 26, 1897

Black and white photo of a low bridge over a creek

Bridge Street Draw, July 26, 1897

Black and white photo of a man checking his watch in front of a creek with construction around it

Bridge Street Draw looking north, ca. 1896

Bridge Street Draw. Southwest side of bridge. April 19, 1896. [Detail].

Bridge Street Draw, April 19, 1896. [Detail of men]

Bridge Street Draw. View of old draw removed, looking north. April 19, 1896. [Detail]

Bridge Street Draw. General view of old draw, ca 1896

Black-and-white photo of an ash car, side view, in the doorway of a barn with trees behind

Car 2615, Brill, 1909, Brill Curtis trucks

Black-and-white diagram of a Philadelphia ash car

Philadelphia Ash Service – Plan, Side and End Elevations of Car

Image shows a black-and-white drawing of a creek with dotted lines indicating where changes will be made

“A Snake That Will Be Straightened Out,” map of Frankford Creek with proposed changes, 1949