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

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

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

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