101 ► Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading — Woman's Christian Temperance Union Drinking Fountain — For God and Home and Every Land —

Erected by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Reading Pa. for the use of the public. [Bust of] Francis E. Willard — — Map (db m25269) HM

102 ► Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading — Women Veterans Memorial —

Berks County Tribute To Women Veterans — — Map (db m160602) WM

103 ► Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading — World War I Memorial Tree —

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

104 ► Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading — World War II Victory — Dec. 7, 1941 - Sept. 2, 1945 —

Dedicated to these 830 from Berks County who made the Supreme Sacrifice and to those who served in defense of our country — — Map (db m160598) WM

105 ► Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading — Wyomissing Creek Restoration Project —

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

106 ► Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading, Muhlenberg Township — Damming the River — Schuylkill River National & State Heritage Area — Reported unreadable

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

107 ► Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading, Muhlenberg Township — Living with the River — Schuylkill River National & State Heritage Area —

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

108 ► Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading, Muhlenberg Township — Reclaiming the River — Schuylkill River National & State Heritage Area —

"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

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109 ► Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading, Muhlenberg Township — Recreation on the River — Schuylkill River National & State Heritage Area —

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

110 ► Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading, Muhlenberg Township — Removal of the Dams — Schuylkill River National & State Heritage Area —

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

111 ► Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading, Muhlenberg Township — The Schuylkill Navigation — Schuylkill River National & State Heritage Area —

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

112 ► Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading, Spring Township — Union Canal —

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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