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The village of Wissahickon was founded by officials of the Pencoyd Iron Works in the late nineteenth century. [1] Beginning in the 1880s, growing numbers of mill owners and wealthy business owners from neighboring Manayunk sought elegant homes on ample lots; they set their eyes on land previously owned by prominent Philadelphia families – including the Camac, Dobson, Salaignac, and Wetherill ...
The Livezey House, also known as Glen Fern, is a historic house and mill on the east side of Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1] It was designated on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on June 26, 1956.
Wissahickon may refer to the following in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: Wissahickon, Philadelphia, a section or neighborhood of Philadelphia; Wissahickon Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River Wissahickon Memorial Bridge, spans the above creek in Philadelphia; Wissahickon Trail, a suburban trail
The Wissahickon Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. It is named for the Wissahickon gorge in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. In Maryland formations, the term "Wissahickon" is no longer used. Rocks in this classification have since been divided into several units, such as Lower Pelitic Schist and Prettyboy ...
Media related to Thomas Mill Covered Bridge at Wikimedia Commons; Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-19, "Covered Bridge, Thomas Mill Road (Spanning Wissahickon Creek), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA", 2 photos, 1 color transparency, 2 measured drawings, 2 photo caption pages
The Evans-Mumbower Mill is an historic, American grist mill that is located on Wissahickon Creek in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [1]
Wissahickon Valley Park is a large urban park that is located in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It protects 2,042 acres (8.26 km 2 ) [ 1 ] of woodland surrounding the Wissahickon Creek between the Montgomery County border and the Schuylkill River .
The Wissahickon Skating Club (abbreviated as WSC) is a non-profit skating club that is located in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia. [1]It officially opened on October 28, 1956 with a skating exhibition that was attended by Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and his wife, Princess Grace (formerly the actress, Grace Kelly), whose niece, Meg Davis, participated in the exhibition.