Maps 3
Focus on the Delaware River

A third page of maps, focusing on the Delaware River, which complements the other Delaware River images on PhillyH2O. I am using amodified template from Irfanview.com to upload images to this page. This format means that the descriptions of the images do not appear right next to the thumbnails. Let me kow how you like this, or if you know of a better program (preferably free or cheap) that will do this in a different way.

Descriptions appear both at the bottom of the page and on the linked .html image pages which can be accessed by clicking the thumbnails below.

As always, let me know if you find any sources of good map scans that I might be able to use here. In the meantime, I will keep adding things from the collections I am familiar with.

And the usual caveat: Please contact the holding institution for permission to reproduce these images in any form

The History of Philadelphia's Watersheds and Sewers

Compiled by Adam Levine
Historical Consultant
Philadelphia Water Department
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Confluence Schuyklill Delaware 1889
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Delaware Dredging 1896-1902
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Delaware River tributaries 1851
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Confluence Deleware Schuylkill 1908
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Center City Elevations ca. 1810
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Port of Philadelphia 1912
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West Philadelphia Mill Creek 1852
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Map Descriptions are repeated on the full-sized images, which can be accessed by clicking the thumbnails.

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Southwest Philadelphia.Confluence of Schuylkill and Delaware rivers. Baist's Map of Philadelphia and Environs, 1889. [240 kb]
[Free Library of Philadelphia, Map Collection.]

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Map of the Delaware River showing sites of dredging operations by the City of Philadelphia. From Delaware state line to Market St. 1896-1902.

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Frankford, Aramingo, and Bridesburg, showing Frankford and Tacony creeks, Gunner's Run, Little Tacony Creek, Wingohocking Creek, and marshland along Delaware River. Vanderveer & Smith Map of Philadelphia, 1851. [199 kb]
[Free Library of Philadelphia, Map Collection.]

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Sketch of the junction of the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers compiled by the Bureau of Surveys Ma7 1909. [Includes soundings, various navigation markers, and an inset diagram of Fort Mifflin] [211 kb] [For a PDF of this map, which is smaller and of higher resolution than the .jpg, click here.]

GRII_7_ELEV.jpg
Lithograph plan showing elevation profiles along the major streets of Philadelphia, between Vine and South streets, and the Schuylkill to Delaware rivers. Probably used by Frederic Graff, in designing the water distribution system from the Fairmount Water Works. Ca. 1810. Graff Papers GRII-7, Franklin Institute. [630 kb]

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Chart showing harbor of Philadelphia. Delaware and Schuylkill rivers and points of interest, prepared under the direction of Joseph F. Hasskarl, Director, Department of Wharves, Docks & Ferries. Published 1912, in The Port and City of Philadelphia. [946 kb]

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Plan of the Fourth Division of the Survey and Regulation of the District of West Philadelphia. 1852. Shows Mill Creek between Market (High) Street and Baltimore Avenue. [560 kb]

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