Neighborhoods North Philadelphia

Dobson FLP

Requiem for a stream: A brief history of Dobson’s Run

Black-and-white image shows a trolley car emerging from a building with men standing alongside

Filling Low Land: A Story of Ash-Dumping in the Wingohocking Creek Watershed

Spring Garden Northern Liberties, or Schuylkill Works (1844)

Fairmount Water Powered Works Expansion (1859 to 1861)

Fairmount Water Turbine Wheels (1851)

Fairmount Water Powered Water Works (1822)

Fairmount Steam Works (1815)

Delaware and Kensington Works (1851-1890)

High Pressure Fire Service Stations (1902)

men standing around a trench with pipes seen crossing through it. there is a steam engine on wheels behind them to the left, and a building in the background on the right with a sign they says Hotel Abbey, T G Schmidt & Sons, Pilsner & Puritan Beer.

Pipeline being laid in Wissahickon Avenue

James W. Phillips Letter Book, 1904-1913

Black-and-white image of several young people along with a news article

2,000 Turn Out for ‘Be-In’ To Promote ‘Flower Power’