Places Philadelphia

The boats of the Schuylkill Navigation

Water Bureau Newspaper Scrapbook, 1942-1952

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

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

Thomas Gill Maps of the Schuylkill Navigation, 1827

Map Lovers’ Monday: Philadelphia Topography

Map Lovers’ Monday: The David Rumsey Map Collection

Map Lover’s Monday: Fairmount Park, 1869

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

Wire Bridge at Fairmount

Schuylkill Navigation lock at Fairmount (Picturesque America)

Scenes on the Wissahickon

Scenes on the Wissahickon Creek (Picturesque America)

Wissahickon near Paper Mill Bridge, 1873

Wissahickon Creek near the Paper Mill Bridge (Picturesque America)