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

High Water: An Informal History of Flooding in Philadelphia

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

High Water: Flooding in Philadelphia

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