A lone cyclist on the Schuylkill River Trail with spring blooms behind

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Glimpse at the Past
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
August 2021
In 1781, General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, led French Army officers and men from Newport, Rhode Island south to meet up...
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The Bridges of Market Street
February 2021
Philadelphians and its visitors have been crossing the Schuylkill River at Market Street since the late 1600s by ferry and then by a floating bridge...
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Glimpse at the Past
Generating Energy on the Lower Schuylkill
January 2021
In 1902, several local Philadelphia electrical companies consolidated to form the Philadelphia Electric Company. A year later, the company opened the...
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Gray's Ferry Tavern and Gardens
March 2020
For more than a century, the Lower Ferry, or Gray's Ferry was the easiest way to access Philadelphia if you were traveling by land from the South...
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The Tidal Schuylkill’s Historic Wharves
January 2020
You are probably familiar with the grassy area along the tidal Schuylkill River near the Locust Street entrance to the trail. You may walk your dog...