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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 .
Cave of Kelpius located near Wissahickon Creek. The so-called Cave of Kelpius is located by a small tributary stream of the Wissahickon in Philadelphia's present-day 1,372-acre (5.55 km 2) Wissahickon Valley Park. [4]
Wissahickon Creek is a tributary of the Schuylkill River in Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties, Pennsylvania. [1]Wissahickon Creek rises in Montgomery County, runs approximately 23 miles (37 km) passing through and dividing Northwest Philadelphia before emptying into the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia.
The house's connection to monastic life is uncertain or simply legendary, but German mystic and hermit Johannes Kelpius lived nearby in the Wissahickon Valley from 1694 until his death in 1708, and connections with monks from Ephrata have been reported. [2] According to the History of Philadelphia (1884):
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 Thomas Mill Covered Bridge, aka the Thomas Mill Bridge or the Thomas Mill Road Covered Bridge, is a historic, single-span, wooden covered bridge across the Wissahickon Creek in Wissahickon Valley Park in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Statue of Teedyuscung in Wissahickon Valley Park. A statue at the Wissahickon Valley Park memorializes Teedyuscung's role as a Native American leader. John Massey Rhind, a Scottish-American sculptor, created the statue for the park. It is located in the northern part of the park. [11]
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]