Subjects Flooding

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

Fairmount Water Works: The Surprising History of an American Landmark

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

Report on channelization of Frankford Creek for flood control (1947)

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