Topics Streams & Rivers

Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works

Dripps map of Frankford and vicinity, 1849

Pennypack Park and Creek map, Roland Williams, 2005

Pennypack Park Map

Plans and maps of the Pennypack Creek Watershed in Philadelphia

Frankford borough map, 1845

Map of Frankford Borough, 1845

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

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

Black and white photo of a man wearing a hat and standing on a bridge with his arm on a post

Two Frankford Creek Bridges, 1896-1899

Black and white photo showing a wooden truss bridge over a creek

1882 Report from the Army Corps of Engineers on Navigation in Frankford Creek, Philadelphia

Down Under!

Black-and-white aerial photo of a creek bend with industrial buildings surrounding it

The Sad History of Frankford Creek