Subjects Flooding

Includes both flooding caused by both streams overflowing, and by inadequate storwater drainage.

Map Lovers’ Monday: Schuylkill River from Wissahickon Creek to Norristown, 1913

Frankford Creek Watershed Historical Timeline

Frankford Creek Watershed in the context of the development of Philadelphia’s sewers and sewage treatment system

Gritty and the Phanatic in Ida’s Floodwaters

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, 1869, Schuylkill flood, 1869

Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Schuylkill Flood 1869

The Day Fairmount Dam Vanished