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

The Schuylkill Navigation: A Journey on the Historic Nineteenth Century Waterway

Water History: Rebirth of the Rivers

Schuylkill River watershed, population in 1904

Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works

Philadelphia harbor and rivers chart with points of interest

Map of Philadelphia Harbor, Delaware and Schuylkill, 1912

Photograph of Roberts Mill on Wingohocking Creek in Germantown, built in the late 17th century. (Photograph by J. C. Browne, 1871. Castner Collection/Free Library of Philadelphia)

Roberts Mill, Wingohocking Creek, 1871

2008 map showing historic Dock Creek with adjacent historical features

Map of Historic Dock Creek

Old U. S. Navy Yard

Old U. S. Navy Yard

Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872

Dripps map of Frankford and vicinity, 1849

Pennypack Park and Creek map, Roland Williams, 2005

Pennypack Park Map

Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873