The Redemption of the Lower Schuylkill... by John Frederick Lewis
Author : John Frederick Lewis
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Page : 157 pages
File Size : 24,30 MB
Release : 1924
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Author : John Frederick Lewis
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Page : 157 pages
File Size : 24,30 MB
Release : 1924
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Author : John Frederick Lewis
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Page : 196 pages
File Size : 25,87 MB
Release : 1924
Category : City planning
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Author : John Frederick LEWIS (of Philadelphia, the Elder.)
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Page : 171 pages
File Size : 35,17 MB
Release : 1924
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Author : Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia
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Page : 148 pages
File Size : 11,55 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Archaeology
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Page : 452 pages
File Size : 28,97 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Ohio
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Page : 116 pages
File Size : 38,82 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Ohio
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Author : Beth Kephart
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 17,12 MB
Release : 2014-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781592136384
The Schuylkill River-the name in Dutch means "hidden creek"-courses many miles, turning through Philadelphia before it yields to the Delaware. "I am this wide. I am this deep. A tad voluptuous, but only in places," writes Beth Kephart, capturing the voice of this natural resource in Flow. An award-winning author, Kephart's elegant, impressionistic story of the Schuylkill navigates the beating heart of this magnificent water source. Readers are invited to flow through time-from the colonial era and Ben Franklin's death through episodes of Yellow Fever and the Winter of 1872, when the river froze over-to the present day. Readers will feel the silt of the Schuylkill's banks, swim with its perch and catfish, and cruise-or scull-downstream, from Reading to Valley Forge to the Water Works outside center city. Flow's lush narrative is peppered with lovely, black and white photographs and illustrations depicting the river's history, its people, and its gorgeous vistas. Written with wisdom and with awe for one of the oldest friends of all Philadelphians, Flow is a perfect book for reading while the ice melts, and for slipping in your bag for your own visit to the Schuylkill.
Author : Richard G. Carrott
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 36,15 MB
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0520333756
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1978. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived
Author : Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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Page : 872 pages
File Size : 30,89 MB
Release : 1928
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Author : Harry Kyriakodis & Joel Spivak
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 24,27 MB
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 1625859732
Philadelphia's relationship with the underground is as old as the city itself, dating back to when Quaker settlers resided in caves alongside the Delaware River more than three hundred years ago. The City of Brotherly Love later became a national and world leader in the delivery of water, gas, steam, and electricity during the industrial age. The construction of multiple subway lines within Center City took place during the early twentieth century. An intricate subsurface pedestrian concourse was also developed throughout the downtown area for the city's inhabitants. From Thirtieth Street Station and Reading Terminal to the Commuter Rail Tunnel and transit lines that were never built, Philadelphia's infrastructure history is buried under the earth as much as above. Join authors Harry Kyriakodis and Joel Spivak as they reveal the curious aspects of the Quaker City's underground experience.