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Pennypack Park and Creek map, Roland Williams, 2005

Pennypack Park Map

The Discovery Center: The creative reuse of an abandoned city reservoir

Philadelphia from Belmont, West Park (Picturesque America)

Schuylkill River at Landsdowne

Schuylkill River at Lansdowne (Picturesque America)

Schuylkill River at Rockland Landing (Picturesque America)

Plans and maps of the Pennypack Creek Watershed in Philadelphia

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Catch and Release: Photographs Documenting the Catching and Recatching of the Same Fish

Anglers Club member Louis Cook with a 16lb mirror carp caught in Wissahickon Creek

Photos from the Philadelphia Anglers’ Club

Smith’s and Windmill Islands

Image shows multicolored trees and a river cutting through them with two bridges visible

Watersheds: Learning to care for and protect our local water resources

Fairmount Gardens, with the Schuylkill Bridge. This 1839 engraving, published in London, shows a view of the South Garden from the walkways that brought visitors up the cliffside to the overlooks at the height of the reservoirs. The fountain used the pressure of the reservoirs and was a a delightful refreshment in hot weather, and a wonder at all times. One anachronistic element of this engraving is the Upper Ferry Bridge, which burned the year before the print was published. Harding’s Hotel, a popular resort, is at the western end of the bridge.

Fairmount Gardens with the Schuylkill Bridge, 1839

Black-and-white image of two men in a boat with guns

A Day in the Ma’sh – Rail-Shooting