Topics Streams & Rivers

Water History: Rebirth of the Rivers

Map Lovers’ Monday: New Jersey 1869

Map Lovers’ Monday: More is not necessarily better.

Map Lover’s Monday: Looking for Cleaner Water

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

Map Lovers’ Monday: Philadelphia front and center

Map Lover’s Monday: Fairmount Park, 1869

Pennypack Park and Creek map, Roland Williams, 2005

Pennypack Park Map

Philadelphia from Belmont, West Park (Picturesque America)

Schuylkill River above Belmont (Picturesque America)

Overhead image of the Fairmount Dam Fishway and the surrounding area, including the Art Museum, Boathouse Row and the Fairmount Water Works

Fairmount Dam Fish Ladder diagram

The Fairmount Dam Fishway sign, detailing how the fishway works and showing maps and images of fish migration and barriers along the Schuylkill River.

Fairmount Dam Fishway sign