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Map Lovers’ Monday: Topography of Philadelphia from 1863
Roberts Mill, Wingohocking Creek, 1871
Dripps map of Frankford and vicinity, 1849
Wingohocking Sewer outfall into Frankford Creek
Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.
History of Belfield (1934)
Frankford Creek Watershed: A historical overview of the Philadelphia section
Report on channelization of Frankford Creek for flood control (1947)
Frankford Creek Watershed Historical Timeline
Requiem for a stream: Adams Run in Oak Lane
Filling Low Land: A Story of Ash-Dumping in the Wingohocking Creek Watershed
Down Under!
The Sad History of Frankford Creek
Streams, islands, and ferries of early Philadelphia
Frankford Creek: Sad History of an Urban Stream title page
Car 2615, Brill, 1909, Brill Curtis trucks
“A Snake That Will Be Straightened Out,” map of Frankford Creek with proposed changes, 1949