Subjects Urban Development

Scenes on the Wissahickon

Scenes on the Wissahickon Creek (Picturesque America)

Map Showing Districts, Boroughs & Townships Incorporated in Consolidation of Philadelphia in 1854

History of Belfield (1934)

Black-and-white diagram showing streets and the Little Tacony Creek

Frankford Creek Watershed: A historical overview of the Philadelphia section

Frankford Creek Watershed Historical Timeline

Color image of a grassy field with trees and buildings surrounding it and white lines drawn on the grass mimicking the path of a creek.

Drawing Dock Creek

Overbrook, as it was. A brief history of the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, focusing on changes in the natural landscape.

Smith’s and Windmill Islands

Cobbs Creek: A Brief Historical Overview by Adam Levine

Oak Lane Reservoir pipeline, 1904

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia: A seven-part course

Black-and-white photograph depicts a large brick sewer tube lying on a barren landscape

Streams, islands, and ferries of early Philadelphia

Second Bank of Pennsylvania, South Second Street, Philadelphia