Topics Streams & Rivers

A Brief History of Water in Northwest Philadelphia

Houses on an abutment, from The Waffle

The Waffle: Water History Video 6

History of Water in Roxborough: A talk by Adam Levine

Map Lovers’ Monday: Topography of Philadelphia from 1863

Map Lovers’ Monday: Schuylkill River from Wissahickon Creek to Norristown, 1913

Photograph of Roberts Mill on Wingohocking Creek in Germantown, built in the late 17th century. (Photograph by J. C. Browne, 1871. Castner Collection/Free Library of Philadelphia)

Roberts Mill, Wingohocking Creek, 1871

Scenes on the Wissahickon

Scenes on the Wissahickon Creek (Picturesque America)

Wissahickon near Paper Mill Bridge, 1873

Wissahickon Creek near the Paper Mill Bridge (Picturesque America)

Drive Along the Wissahickon

Drive along the Wissahickon Creek Vallley (Picturesque America)

Down Under III: A walk in the Dobson’s Run Storm Relief Sewer, June 15, 2010

Dobson FLP

Requiem for a stream: A brief history of Dobson’s Run

Technical drawing showing streets and sewers

Leverington Avenue Stormwater Sewer