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Schuylkill River above Belmont (Picturesque America)
![Overhead image of the Fairmount Dam Fishway and the surrounding area, including the Art Museum, Boathouse Row and the Fairmount Water Works](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/fishwaydiagram.jpg?w=300)
Fairmount Dam Fish Ladder diagram
![The Fairmount Dam Fishway sign, detailing how the fishway works and showing maps and images of fish migration and barriers along the Schuylkill River.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/fairmount-dam-sign-scaled.jpg?w=300)
Fairmount Dam Fishway sign
![PWD's Jason Cruz holds a striped bass](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/striper_jay.jpg?w=300)
PWD’s Jay Cruz with a striped bass
![An otter at the Fairmount Fishcam in 2005](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/otter5.jpg?w=300)
Otter at Fairmount Water Works fishcam, 2005
![Photo of a bearded man on a boat holding an American shad](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/Joe_Amshad.jpg?w=300)
PWD’s Joe Perillo holds an American shad near the Fairmount Fishway
![Wissahickon near Paper Mill Bridge, 1873](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/Wissahickon_nearPaperMillBr_PictAm_AEL-scaled.jpg?w=300)
Wissahickon Creek near the Paper Mill Bridge (Picturesque America)
![Drive Along the Wissahickon](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/Wissahickon_Drive_PictAm_AEL-scaled.jpg?w=300)
Drive along the Wissahickon Creek Vallley (Picturesque America)
![Thomas Mill Covered Bridge on the Wissahickon](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/Wissahickon_CoveredBr_PictAm_AEL-scaled.jpg?w=300)
Thomas Mill Covered Bridge over Wissahickon Creek (Picturesque America)
![Anglers Club member Louis Cook with a 16lb mirror carp caught in Wissahickon Creek](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/Louis_Cook_1.jpg?w=300)
Photos from the Philadelphia Anglers’ Club
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