Watersheds Frankford Creek Watershed

Includes the upstream tributaries of Tacony and Tookany creeks, and the historic Rock Run and Wingohocking Creek

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

The Sad History of Frankford Creek

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

Wood truss drawbridge, Orthodox Street over Frankford Creek, rebuilt 1899

Black and white photo of square archways over a bridge

Bridge Street Draw, view through bridge, July 26, 1897

Black and white photo of a low bridge over a creek

Bridge Street Draw, July 26, 1897

Image shows a black-and-white drawing of a creek with dotted lines indicating where changes will be made

“A Snake That Will Be Straightened Out,” map of Frankford Creek with proposed changes, 1949