![William Penn’s treaty with the Indians when he founded the Province of Pennsylvania in North America. Painting by Benjamin West, 1771.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/Treaty_of_Penn_with_Indians_by_Benjamin_West.jpg?w=300)
![William Penn’s treaty with the Indians when he founded the Province of Pennsylvania in North America. Painting by Benjamin West, 1771.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/Treaty_of_Penn_with_Indians_by_Benjamin_West.jpg?w=300)
![Black-and-white image of two men in a boat with guns](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/day-in-the-mash-rail-shooting.jpg?w=300)
A Day in the Ma’sh – Rail-Shooting
![](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/Frankford-Creek-flood-1932-11-01.jpg?w=300)
Frankford Creek Overflows, 11/1/32
![Reproduction of a long newspaper clipping showing headlines and text](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/Frankford-Creek-flood-1882-09-25-scaled.jpg?w=300)
In The Storm’s Track, Philadelphia Record, 1882-09-25
![Race Bridge, Fair Mount Water Works, 1834 (Graff05.63)](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/graff05.63-scaled.jpg?w=300)
Race Bridge, Fairmount Water Works, 1834
![Dock Creek and Blue Anchor Inn](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/DOckCreek_Penn_BlueAnchor-WAnnals_p127v1_AEL.jpg?w=300)
Penn Landing at Blue Anchor, from Watson’s Annals
![A man fishing from the banks of the Schuylkill River](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/DR_Fisherman.jpg?w=300)
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