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Along the Schuylkill River
- Title
- Along the Schuylkill River / Laura Catalano and Kurt D. Zwikl.
- Author
- Catalano, Laura.
- Publication
- Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., ©2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | F157.S33 C38 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Zwikl, Kurt D., 1949-
- Description
- 127 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Schuylkill River Heritage Area executive director Kurt D. Zwikl and staff writer Laura Catalano have compiled photographs from dozens of collections, including some of the earliest images of the river, in an effort to tell the rich, compelling story of the Schuylkill River.
- The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservation of local heritage, making history available to all.
- Series Statement
- Images of America
- Uniform Title
- Images of America.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- dictionaries.
- Illustrated works
- Dictionaries
- History
- Pictorial works
- Dictionaries.
- Illustrated works.
- Dictionnaires.
- Ouvrages illustrés.
- Contents
- Introduction / Kenneth Clark -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Note to the Revised Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Sources -- Bibliography -- The dictionary -- Supplementary index.
- ISBN
- 9780738565484
- 0738565482
- LCCN
- 2008941573
- OCLC
- ocn456087955
- 456087955
- SCSB-9471182
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library