Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.1.81a-cDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 1- The Wissahickon
Page 81 contaIns: (a) a newspaper photograph; (b) a small newspaper article entitled: "Wissahickon Now Dry"; and (c) a small newspaper article entitled: " Draining the Wissahickon".
(a) is a newspaper photograph (in black and whire print) showing a man in a sled holding the reins to a horse who is pulling the sled along a snow covered path. Behind the driver is a portion of a stone abutement (presumably a stone bridge abutement on the Wissahickon). To the right and behind the horse are three men standing on the side of the path conversing.
(b) is a small newspaper article (dated July 28, 1906) entitled: "Wissahickon Now Dry".. The article details the strange sight of an almost dry Wissahickon creek bed, after the creek was drained in preparation for road work to be completed on the Wissahickon Drive. The draining exposed the myraid "relics" to be found on the creek bed and occasioned hundreds of men and boys to form an "army" of relic hunters.
(c) is a small newspaper article entitled: "Draining the Wissahickon" (dated July 28, 1906). The article details the opening of sluice gates on the creek above Ridge Avenue to drain the creek in preparation for the construction of a retaining wall necessary for the widening of Wissahickoin Drive. The wall is likely to be completed by October.Collection
GHS Scrapbook CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1894 - 1925Notes
Creation Date: July 28, 1906
