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The Schuylkill River starts in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania near Pottsville, Pennsylvania and was used in the early days to ship anthracite coal by mule on the Schuylkill Canal to Philadelphia for burning fuel.
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Morgan and his corps were placed on the west side of the Schuylkill River, with instructions to intercept all supplies found going to the city and to keep a close eye on the movements of the enemy.
This could be accomplished without the tremendous expenditures necessitated by the Schuylkill Expressway and without destroying the natural beauty of the East River Drive.
After being located in downtown Philadelphia for more than a century, the campus was moved across the Schuylkill River to property purchased from the Blockley Almshouse in West Philadelphia in 1872, where it has since remained in an area now known as University City.
The Swedes claimed the section of land purchased included the land on the west side of the South River from just below the Schuylkill, in other words, today's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and coastal Maryland.
* Fort Nya Korsholm ( 1647 )-located at the mouth of the Schuylkill River, probably on Province Island, near the western approach of the Penrose Avenue Bridge in Philadelphia.
* Provins, Druweeÿland, or Manaiping ( 1643 ; modern southwest Philadelphia, Penn., on Province Island on the Schuylkill River )
* Schuylkill River: " Schuyl Creek " ( Schuylen Kÿl )
* Colossus Bridge, a timber bridge over the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia
Europeans came to the Delaware Valley in the early 17th century, with the first settlements founded by the Dutch, who in 1623 built Fort Nassau on the Delaware River opposite the Schuylkill River in what is now Brooklawn, New Jersey.
The rapids on the Schuylkill River at East Falls disappeared after the completion of the Fairmount Dam.
The largest tract of Fairmount Park is on the west side of the city along the Schuylkill River and Wissahickon Creek and includes the Philadelphia Zoo.
Schuylkill County is a county located in the Commonwealth ( U. S. state ) of Pennsylvania where the Schuylkill River starts.
Schuylkill County was created on March 1, 1811, from parts of Berks and Northumberland Counties and named for the Schuylkill River.
The Schuylkill River headwaters are found in the county, starting in the Appalachian Mountains, and flows through many towns and the city of Reading, Pennsylvania to Philadelphia where it flows into the Delaware River.
The Schuylkill drains the majority of the county while some western and northern areas of the county are drained by the Susquehanna River.
Bodies of water include the Delaware River, Schuylkill River, Cobbs Creek, Wissahickon Creek, and Pennypack Creek.
While most of the county is drained by the Lehigh River and its tributaries, the Schuylkill River also drains regions in the south of the county via the Perkiomen Creek and the northwest via the Maiden Creek.
The first railroad ( which became the Pennsylvania Railroad ) followed much the same route, and the Reading Railroad progressed up the Schuylkill River to Reading.
Watersheds that service Chester County include the Octoraro Creek, the Brandywine Creek, the Chester Creek, and the Schuylkill River.
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Most of the county is drained by the Schuylkill River, but an area in the northeast is drained by the Lehigh River via the Little Lehigh Creek and areas are drained by the Susquehanna River via the Swatara Creek in the northwest and the Conestoga River ( which starts in Berks County between Morgantown and Elverson ) in the extreme south.
It is drained by the Schuylkill River via the Manatawny Creek and the Perkiomen Creek via the West Branch Perkiomen Creek, which starts in the township.
The Schuylkill River also drains portions of the township via the Sacony Creek ( which also starts in Longswamp ) to the west and the Perkiomen Creek to the south.
Almost all of it is drained into the Lehigh River ( mainly by the Jordan Creek which starts in Heidelberg ,) except for a very small area in the southwest portion that is drained by the Maiden Creek into the Schuylkill River.
Lower Milford is also the source of three tributary creeks of the Perkiomen Creek, which drains to the Schuylkill River: Hosensack Creek ( which starts near the source of the Saucon ,) Unami Creek, and Macoby Creek.
The West Branch starts near Minersville and joins the eastern branch at the town of Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania.
Jules Verne's novel, Robur the Conqueror, starts out in Philadelphia on the banks of the Schuylkill River.
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* 1877 – The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants convicted of murder, are hanged at the Schuylkill County and Carbon County, Pennsylvania prisons.
* East Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
* West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
* Norwegian Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
** Newtown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
The Reading and Pennsylvania railroads: In the early 19th century southern Schuylkill County was served by the Union Canal out of Pine Grove with connections west, and the Schuylkill Canal southward from Port Carbon.
There was once over 1, 000 miles ( 1600 km ) of railroad track in Schuylkill County.
The Swatara Creek, Wiconisco Creek, Mahantango Creek, Mahanoy Creek, and Catawissa Creek all start in Schuylkill County and are tributaries of the Susquehanna.
Schuylkill County is one of the few counties in the United States to border as many as eight counties.
From Frackville, PA, the Jordans were the most successful rock act to emerge from Schuylkill County.
Schuylkill County is one of the most heavily Lithuanian parts of the United States.
Also in Schuylkill County ( as well as its neighbor to the north, Luzerne County ) are Tyroleans, whose ancestors immigrated from the County of Tyrol.
The southern and western portions of Schuylkill County are predominantly Pennsylvania Dutch.
, there are 94, 110 registered voters in Schuylkill County.
While the Republican Party has been historically dominant in Schuylkill County politics, Democrats became dominant at the county level after the 2007 elections.
The following cities, boroughs and townships are located in Schuylkill County:
* Schuylkill County ( southeast )
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