The Wissahickon

Name/Title

The Wissahickon

Entry/Object ID

2013.34.1.73

Description

The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 1- The Wissahickon Page 73 contains a lined sheet of white notepaper with Jellet's Notes entitled "Wiissahickon Waters". Page 73 is a continuation of notes begun on page 70 (see 2013.34.1.70). The page can be summarized as follows: In the north, Towamensin Creek and Zacharis Creek flow together at North Wales and form Skippack Creek which discharges into Perkiomen Creek. Stony Creek flows to Norristown where it empties into the Scuylkill River. Plymouth Creek flows to the Schuylkill River at Conshohocken. All of the above mentioned creeks supply the springs and rivulets which form and maintain the Wissahickon Creek.

Collection

GHS Scrapbook Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1894 - 1925