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

Army Corps of Engineers 1882 Report on Navigation in Frankford Creek

Several people stand atop the Aramingo Sewer during construction, June 7, 1900

Creek to Sewer: Water History Video 1

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

Dripps map of Frankford and vicinity, 1849

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Frankford borough map, 1845

Map of Frankford Borough, 1845

History of Belfield (1934)

Black and white photo of a man wearing a hat and standing on a bridge with his arm on a post

Two Frankford Creek Bridges, 1896-1899

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

Logan Demanding Flood Relief, 8/18/38

Frankford Creek Overflows, 11/1/32

Sewer Demand Taken to City Hall, 7/25/32