Topics Streams & Rivers

Dripps map of Frankford and vicinity, 1849

Noll’s New Official Guide Map of Philadelphia, 1897

Report on channelization of Frankford Creek for flood control (1947)

Frankford Creek Watershed Historical Timeline

Requiem for a stream: Adams Run in Oak Lane

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

The Sad History of Frankford Creek

Black-and-white photograph depicts a large brick sewer tube lying on a barren landscape

Streams, islands, and ferries of early Philadelphia