Wissahickon Creek is a tributary of the Schuylkill River in Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties, Pennsylvania. Wissahickon Creek rises in Montgomery...
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woodland surrounding the Wissahickon Creek between the Montgomery County border and the Schuylkill River. For several miles, the creek winds through a dramatic...
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wisameckham, for "catfish creek", a reference to the fish that were once plentiful in the Wissahickon Creek. The village of Wissahickon was founded by officials...
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The Wissahickon Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. It is named for the Wissahickon gorge in Fairmount Park...
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Borough of Ambler (section Wissahickon)
settle in the area. William Harmer built a gristmill powered by the Wissahickon Creek, "the first commercial venture in the Ambler area". He also built...
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(according to the Strahler stream order) that is a tributary to the Wissahickon Creek at Fort Washington State Park. The headwaters are in Dresher and Roslyn...
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River, by the neighborhood of Manayunk, along the northeast by the Wissahickon Creek section of Fairmount Park, and to the southeast by the neighborhood...
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prior to 2010, including Wissahickon Valley Park in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennypack Park in Northeast Philadelphia, Cobbs Creek Park in West Philadelphia...
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Philadelphia Wissahickon Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River Wissahickon Memorial Bridge, spans the above creek in Philadelphia Wissahickon Trail, a...
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Valley School to the north, and Corson's Quarry to the west. The Wissahickon Creek flows through the farm and Stenton Avenue crosses it. All but 23 acres...
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Philadelphia Cricket Club (section Wissahickon Course)
over the past 80 years. The name "Wissahickon" comes from the Lenape word for "Catfish Stream." The Wissahickon Creek runs adjacent to the course. Lorraine...
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and Stenton Avenue to the east. Conventionally, the area east of Wissahickon Creek, which comprises Germantown, Mount Airy, Chestnut Hill, and Cedarbrook...
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northwestern edge of Philadelphia, on 45 acres (180,000 m2), overlooking the Wissahickon Creek, Chestnut Hill College opened in 1924 as a Catholic, four-year, liberal...
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2010). "Burro Creek 2005 Bridge". highestbridges.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2016. "Burro Creek Bridge, Completion...
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Bridge, is a stone and concrete bridge that carries Henry Avenue over Wissahickon Creek and Lincoln Drive in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
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Johannes Kelpius (category Wissahickon Valley Park)
his followers crossed the Atlantic and lived in the valley of the Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia from 1694 until his death. It is reported[according...
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(8.4 km2), all land. The headwaters for Sandy Run, a tributary of Wissahickon Creek are located in Dresher. Dresher is located north of Philadelphia and...
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is an expressway in the Wissahickon Creek section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Initially built in 1856 as the Wissahickon Turnpike, it was not completed...
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position approximately 16 miles (26 km) north of Philadelphia along the Wissahickon Creek and Sandy Run, primarily situated on several hills between Old York...
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Tulpehocken Creek joins it at the western edge of Reading. Wissahickon Creek joins it in northwest Philadelphia. Other major tributaries include: Maiden Creek, Manatawny...
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Wissahickon is a historic apartment building in the Germantown, Philadelphia. Wissahickon, which takes its name from nearby Wissahickon Creek, was listed...
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American Monument in Aisne, France 1930–32: Henry Avenue Bridge over Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia 1931–32: Connecticut Avenue Bridge over Klingle Valley...
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boundary between Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill, before emptying into the Wissahickon Creek at Devil's Pool not far south of the Valley Green Inn. The Cresheim...
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Gwynedd Valley is located along Plymouth Road, southwest of the Wissahickon Creek. It is served by the Gwynedd Valley station on SEPTA's Lansdale/Doylestown...
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built in 1888, it carries Ridge Avenue over the Wissahickon Creek. It is the last crossing of the creek before it empties into the Schuylkill River. Four...
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Germantown, Philadelphia. The park is located on the Wissahickon Creek and is directly southeast of Wissahickon Valley Park. The RittenhouseTown Historic District...
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situated on a 62-acre campus adjacent to the Wissahickon Creek watershed in Fairmount Park and includes the Wissahickon Inn, listed on the National Register of...
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Philadelphia County, situated near the Schuylkill River, south of the Wissahickon Creek. The land that would become Manayunk was first bought from William...
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was Schoolhouse Lane, running 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the point where Wissahickon Creek emptied from a steep gorge, into the Schuylkill River. Howe had established...
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