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Book Synopsis Along the Schuylkill River by : Laura Catalano
Download or read book Along the Schuylkill River written by Laura Catalano and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Schuylkill River got its name, meaning "hidden river," from Dutch settlers who discovered its mouth sequestered behind the Delaware River's League Island. It later became a river of revolutions. Along its banks Revolutionary War battles were fought, and George Washington's army famously camped at Valley Forge. Later the river helped fuel the Industrial Revolution with coal from Schuylkill County shipped to Philadelphia via the Schuylkill Canal. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad began here and grew into the largest corporation in the world. The iron and steel industry flourished along its waters. The Schuylkill River Desilting Project of the 1950s was the first large-scale cleanup of its kind and helped usher in an environmental revolution. The nation's first public water supply was developed here, and its first zoo and university overlook the river.
Download or read book A River Again written by Chari Towne and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-09 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a short time, the Schuylkill went from being considered waters of "uncommon purity" to being this country's dirtiest river. That distinction resulted in the Schuylkill River becoming the focus of a precedent-setting river cleanup effort from 1947 to 1951.The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hired a team of engineers to free the Schuylkill from the millions of tons of coal sediment that had filled its bed and raised its floodplain.The Schuylkill River Project Engineers dredged the river and trapped sediment in desilting pools, the kind of practices that river restorations are undertaken to undo today. But at the end of the project, the Schuylkill emerged A RIVER AGAIN.
Book Synopsis Interesting History of the Schuylkill River by : Emily Stehr
Download or read book Interesting History of the Schuylkill River written by Emily Stehr and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interesting History of the Schuylkill River Definition of the Schuylkill River:
Download or read book Flow written by Beth Kephart and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Philadelphia's Pencoyd Iron Works: Forging Along the Schuylkill River by : Kevin Righter
Download or read book Philadelphia's Pencoyd Iron Works: Forging Along the Schuylkill River written by Kevin Righter and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Established on the Schuykill River in 1852, Philadelphia's Pencoyd Iron Works was a global leader in structural steel and wrought iron for more than eight decades. ... Author Kevin Righter constructs the immense history of the Pencoyd Iron Works."--Back cover
Download or read book The Schuylkill River written by and published by . This book was released on 1983* with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Schuylkill Canal, The by : Karen Rodemich Roman
Download or read book Schuylkill Canal, The written by Karen Rodemich Roman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1825, the Schuylkill Navigation Company completed a waterway of 108 miles, linking Port Carbon to Philadelphia. The waterway, known as the Schuylkill Navigation but commonly referred to today as the Schuylkill Canal, consisted of a system of interconnected canals (often called reaches), locks, and slack-water pools to transport anthracite coal. Before that time, Philadelphia depended on the import of coal from Europe. The Schuylkill Canal was operational until 1931, around the time of the collapse of commercial traffic in the navigation. Only two watered stretches of the canal remain today: the approximately 2.5 miles of the original 3.5 miles of Oakes Reach between Oaks and Mont Clare and the one-mile reach in Manayunk. While these areas are no longer used for navigation, they are enjoyed recreationally by many in the surrounding communities.
Book Synopsis Schuylkill River Design Guide by : Pennsylvania. Department of Environmental Resources
Download or read book Schuylkill River Design Guide written by Pennsylvania. Department of Environmental Resources and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Schuylkill River Desilting Project by : Schuylkill River Project Engineers
Download or read book The Schuylkill River Desilting Project written by Schuylkill River Project Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Schuylkill Navigation Company by : North American, Philadelphia
Download or read book The Schuylkill Navigation Company written by North American, Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The articles which compose the body of the following pamphlet, were originally published as leading editorials in the North America."--Introductory note
Book Synopsis Progress Report on the Schuylkill River Project by : Schuylkill River Project Engineers
Download or read book Progress Report on the Schuylkill River Project written by Schuylkill River Project Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Spotlight on the Schuylkill by : Schuylkill River Development Council (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Download or read book Spotlight on the Schuylkill written by Schuylkill River Development Council (Philadelphia, Pa.) and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Work Plan for the Schuylkill River Basin, Pennsylvania by : G. L. Pederson
Download or read book Work Plan for the Schuylkill River Basin, Pennsylvania written by G. L. Pederson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Water Resources of the Schuylkill River Basin by : James E. Biesecker
Download or read book Water Resources of the Schuylkill River Basin written by James E. Biesecker and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Schuylkill Canal, Pennsylvania by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
Download or read book Schuylkill Canal, Pennsylvania written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Old Schuylkill Tales by : Ella Zerbey Elliott
Download or read book Old Schuylkill Tales written by Ella Zerbey Elliott and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1906-01-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of folklore, stories, anecdotes, and reminiscences of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, from its earliest settlement in the eighteenth century to its foundation as a county and growth into a major hub of mining and industry"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis Schuylkill River Water Trail Guide by : Schuylkill River Greenway Association
Download or read book Schuylkill River Water Trail Guide written by Schuylkill River Greenway Association and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
