Magnoliaceae-Tulip Poplar
planted in memory of the boys
of the high school who
served their country in the
World War
by the students of the school
— — Map (db m160582) WM
Creek History:
During the construction of the Reading Public Museum in 1927, an aesthetic reflecting pool was created. This pool required the installation of a dam that would capture water to create a pond, later called Mirror Lake.
As . . . — — Map (db m161114) HM
The First Felix Dam
To create the 108 mile Schuylkill Navigation system, a series of dams, locks, and canals were constructed along the River. Felix Dam (No. 16) and Rothermel's or Ritz's Lock (Lock No. 42) were built north of Reading past . . . — — Map (db m161128) HM
The First Settlers
The Lenni-Lenape, or "original people", were the first to inhabit the banks of Ganshowahanna, or "falling waters", their name for the Schuylkill River. The Lenni-Lenapes in this area were members of the peaceful tribes . . . — — Map (db m161131) HM
"Too Thick to Navigate, Too Thin to Cultivate" — Unknown
To fuel the industrial revolution beginning around 1870, the Schuylkill County mines processed coal and dumped their culm, or waste, into huge piles in the . . . — — Map (db m161122) HM
Boating and Swimming
The pool behind the Felix Dam was about four miles long, creating a 132 acre lake holding 480 million gallons of water. While popular for motor boating and water skiing from the 1960s to the 1990s, in the early 1900s . . . — — Map (db m161134) HM
The Second Felix Dam
The first Felix Dam was left to deteriorate underwater when construction of the second Dam was completed in 1855. Later, the Schuylkill Canal was abandoned in 1916 and commercial use of the second Felix Dam ended when . . . — — Map (db m161124) HM
Birth of the Schuylkill Navigation Company
After a few false starts, the Schuylkill Navigation Company was chartered by the state legislature "to authorize the Governor to incorporate a Company to make lock navigation on the river Schuylkill" . . . — — Map (db m161123) HM
This canal was operated from 1828-1884. It connected the Schuylkill at Reading with the Susquehanna at Middletown. Remains of tow path can be seen .3 mile southeast of here, along the Tulpehocken Creek. — — Map (db m84506) HM
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