Watersheds Frankford Creek Watershed

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

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

Frankford Creek Watershed Historical Timeline

Frankford Creek Watershed in the context of the development of Philadelphia’s sewers and sewage treatment system

Black-and-white image of workers in a pit with a sewer opening behind them and text

Frankford Creek: Sad History of an Urban Stream title page

Logan Demanding Flood Relief, 8/18/38

Frankford Creek Overflows, 11/1/32

Sewer Demand Taken to City Hall, 7/25/32

Reproduction of a long newspaper clipping showing headlines and text

In The Storm’s Track, Philadelphia Record, 1882-09-25