Photographs from the
Lincoln Cartledge Collection
Historical Society of Frankford

ALL IMAGES COPYRIGHT ©2008
by the Historical Society of Frankford

Most of these photographs show Pennypack Creek, in Northeast Philadelphia and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, circa 1900-1915. The images are just a small part of the holdings of the Historical Society of Frankford, founded in 1905. Many of its holdings, which focus on the Frankford and Northeast sections of Philadelphia, are unique and can be found in no other institution.

HFS is located at 1507 Orthodox Street, Philadelphia, PA 19124; call 215-743-6030 to make an appointment to visit the collection.

Image titles can be found either on the list below or on each full-sized image page, which can be reached by clicking the thumbnails below.

The History of Philadelphia's Watersheds and Sewers

Compiled by Adam Levine
Historical Consultant
Philadelphia Water Department
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FILE TITLES

2005.005.0001 The Office, Rowland's Mills
2005.005.0002 By the mill race at Rowland's
2005.005.0003 Old Mill and wheel at Rowland's. the wheel was washed away by a freshet in 1896
2005.005.0004 View at Rowland's -- The Office
2005.005.0005 Rowland's Mills
2005.005.0006 The Blacksmith Shop at Rowland's, summer
2005.005.0007 The Blacksmith Shop at Rowland's, early spring
2005.005.0008 The New Mill, Rowland Station
2005.005.0009 Pennypack Print Works, front view. Hartel's Print Works. Demolished to make way for Pennypack Park.
2005.005.0010 Portion of Pennypack Print Works at Pennypack Village. Destroyed to make way for Pennypack Park.
2005.005.0011 Pennypack Print Works from Crystal Springs
2005.005.0012 Old flour mill, Holmesburg, Phila. Built 1697, destroyed 1882?
2005.005.0013 Mill at Bryn Athyn on the Pennypack
2005.005.0014 Spring Mill. On Schuylkill near Norristown. Largest spring in the vicinity
2005.005.0015 Old mill on Bustleton Pike at Pennypack Creek
2005.005.0016 The Axe Factory. Pennypack Creek near Bustleton Pike. Destroyed in 1915. Now part of Pennypack Park.
2005.005.0017 The Axe Factory, Holmesburg
2005.005.0018 Old Saw Mill, Holmesburg
2005.005.0019 Falls at Holmesburg
2005.005.0020 Falls at Holmesburg
2005.005.0021 View near Rowland's Shovel Works, looking east.
2005.005.0022 The Pennypack at Rowland's Mills
2005.005.0023 Willitt's Dam near Holmesburg. Destroyed by freshet in
2005.005.0024 Creek and falls at Rowland's
2005.005.0025 The Creek at Rowland's. Pathway at Rowalnd's, looking west.
2005.005.0026 View from foot bridge at Rowland's
2005.005.0027 The Pennypack above Welsh Road
2005.005.0028 View of the creek near Pennypack Village
2005.005.0029 A bend in the creek at Rhawn Street
2005.005.0030 The creek at [above] Axe Factory
2005.005.0031 The creek near Beth Ayres
2005.005.0032 Pennypack Creek below Vereeville
2005.005.0033 Pennypack Creek at Vereeville
2005.005.0034 Cabin (modern) along Pennypack near Vereeville
2005.005.0035 Bridge on State Road, Holmesburg, over Pennypack Creek, near House of Correction.
2005.005.0036 Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge at Holmesburg Junction
2005.005.0037 Torresdale Avenue Bridge over Pennypack Creek at Holmesburg
2005.005.0038 Bristol Pike Bridge over Pennypack Creek
2005.005.0039 Footbridge over the Pennypack at Rowland's Mills, Holmesburg
2005.005.0040 Bridge over Pennypack at Welsh Road
2005.005.0041 Bridge over Pennypack at Axe Factory Road
2005.005.0042 Bridge over Pennypack at Bustleton Pike
2005.005.0043 Bridge of Penna. R.R. Bustleton Branch at Holmesburg [over Pennypack Creek]
2005.005.0044 New Reading R.R. Bridge at Bustleton
2005.005.0045 Bridge at Veree Road and Pennypack Creek (on side road)
2005.005.0046 Bridge over Pennypack Creek at Paper Mills Station, Newtown Branch of Reading R.R.
2005.005.0047 Road at Bryn Athyn near Pennypack Creek
2005.005.0048 In the woods near the Axe Factory Road, Pennypack.
2005.005.0049 Green Tree Hotel at Rhawn Street, Holmesburg
2005.005.0050 The Hotel at Bustleton
2005.005.0051 Pennypack Village. Demolished to make way for Pennypack Park.
2005.005.0052 Pennypack Village.
2005.005.0053 House in Pennypack Village. Demolished on -- to make way for Pennypack Park.
2005.005.0054 Ruins of a house above Welsh Road destroyed to make way for Pennypack Park.
2005.005.0055 The office at Rowland's Mills
2005.005.0056 The Red Lion Inn at Torresdale

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