Rivers & Creeks Delaware River

Water History: Rebirth of the Rivers

Map Lovers’ Monday: New Jersey 1869

Map Lovers’ Monday: More is not necessarily better.

Map Lovers’ Monday: Topography of Philadelphia from 1863

Map Lover’s Monday: Looking for Cleaner Water

Schuylkill River watershed, population in 1904

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

Annual reports and other documents relating to Philadelphia’s water supply system, 1796-1941

Map Lovers’ Monday: Philadelphia front and center

Philadelphia harbor and rivers chart with points of interest

Map of Philadelphia Harbor, Delaware and Schuylkill, 1912

Map Lover’s Monday: Fairmount Park, 1869

Photograph of Roberts Mill on Wingohocking Creek in Germantown, built in the late 17th century. (Photograph by J. C. Browne, 1871. Castner Collection/Free Library of Philadelphia)

Roberts Mill, Wingohocking Creek, 1871

Aqueduct carrying sewer over Creishem Creek, in the Wissahickon Valley, 1892

Cresheim Aqueduct

City of Reading map, 1872

Street map of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1872

Portraits of Chieftains Tishcohan (left) and Lapowinsa (right), painted around the time of the Walking Purchase treaty, circa 1735

Portraits of Lenape chiefs Tishcohan (left) and Lapowinsa (right), painted around the time of the Walking Purchase treaty, circa 1737

2008 map showing historic Dock Creek with adjacent historical features

Map of Historic Dock Creek

1848 Pine Street sewer plan showing an outlet into the Delaware River

Pine Street sewer plan, 1848

Old U. S. Navy Yard

Old U. S. Navy Yard

Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872

Lower Dublin township map

Lower Dublin township in 1848

Dripps map of Frankford and vicinity, 1849

Pennypack Park and Creek map, Roland Williams, 2005

Pennypack Park Map

Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873

Philadelphia from Belmont, West Park (Picturesque America)