From The Redemption of the Lower Schuylkill: The river as it was, the river as it is, the river as it should be
Historical Images of Philadelphia Philadelphiana
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Item No: pdcp01101
Title: From The Redemption of the Lower Schuylkill: The river as it was, the river as it is, the river as it should be
Additional Title: Page 103
Historic Street Address:
West bank of the Schuylkill, below the Art Museum
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
From "The Redemption of the Lower Schuylkill: The river as it was, the river as it is, the river as it should be" (1924), p. 103
Caption below picture reads: "The Municipal Dump in Action, West Bank of the River, Below the Art Museum. See the Filth Floating on the Waters."
The basis for this book was a 1924 lecture by its author, local philanthropist John Frederick Lewis, about the deplorable state of the once-beautiful Lower Schuylkill River. This image shows "the river as it is." With industry and population growing in Philadelphia, this municipal dump delivered sewage, offal, and industrial waste directly into the lower Schyulkill River, just below the Fairmount Dam.
Creation Year: 1924
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.186594
Geocode Latitude:39.967381
Call Number: pdcp01101
Creator Name: Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
From The Redemption of the Lower Schuylkill: The river as it was, the river as it is, the river as it should be
From The Redemption of the Lower Schuylkill: The river as it was, the river as it is, the river as it should be 
From The Redemption of the Lower Schuylkill: The river as it was, the river as it is, the river as it should be