Topics Streams & Rivers

Dripps map of Frankford and vicinity, 1849

Coal Depot, Richmond, on the Delaware (Picturesque America)

Plan of Philadelphia, John Hills, May 30, 1796

Plan of Philadelphia, John Hills, 1796

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

Kensington Water Supply in 1883

Aramingo Sewer, view near Hughes & Patterson and Beach Street Bridge, March 15, 1902

Aramingo Canal, Then and Now

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

The Sad History of Frankford Creek