Topics City Life

Plans and maps of the Pennypack Creek Watershed in Philadelphia

History of Belfield (1934)

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

Sewers, Pollution, and Public Health in 19th Century Philadelphia

Black-and-white image of a creek with people around it and a large building behind it

Dock Creek Sewer in 1849

Drainage and Sewerage Report, 1853

Archival Storytelling: A snowy Super Bowl Sunday at Sydenham & Dauphin