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French Creek, once known as Saukanac Creek, [1] is a 22.6-mile-long (36.4 km) tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks and Chester counties, Pennsylvania, in the United States. [2] The water course was also known as the Vincent River , after Sir Mathias Vincent, who purchased land (now West and East Vincent Townships ) along it in Chester ...
The district consists of the older part of Phoenixville, especially the former Phoenix Iron Works site and its employee and owner housing. At the time of nomination (c. 1987), the district contained 908 contributing building, 52 non-contributing buildings and one contributing structure (bridge).
PA 113 crossing French Creek at the Veterans Memorial Gay Street Bridge. Phoenixville is served by three state highways: Pennsylvania Route 23, Pennsylvania Route 113, and Pennsylvania Route 29. PA 23 follows a northwest-to-southeast alignment through western and southern sections of the borough via Nutt Road.
Kennedy Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located in East Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is a 96-foot-long (29 m), Burr truss bridge, constructed in 1856. It was damaged and repaired after a flood in 1884 and reinforced in 1936. It crosses French Creek. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places ...
South of Phoenixville off Pennsylvania Route 113 on Church Road 40°05′03″N 75°33′51″W / 40.084167°N 75.564167°W / 40.084167; -75.564167 ( Martin-Little Charlestown Township
Jun. 13—It was a paddling celebration of all things French Creek on Saturday in honor of the waterway being named Pennsylvania's 2022 River of the Year. Taking to its waters Saturday morning ...
Sep. 8—It's time again to clean the stream. In 2022, there were 38,875 pounds of trash — or more than 19 tons — removed from the watershed during the one-day effort. Nearly 600 volunteers ...
Also, the southern terminus was cut back to PA 23 near Phoenixville. The former alignment of PA 83 between Devon and Valley Forge became a southern extension of PA 363 (now unnumbered Waterloo Road, Devon State Road, Valley Forge Road, and PA 252) while the designation was removed from the concurrency with PA 23 between Valley Forge and ...