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only within a very few years that any one has more than heard of the
Wissahiccon ... the brook is narrow. Its banks are generally, indeed almost universally, precipitous, and consist of high hills, clothed with noble shrubbery near the water, and crowned at a greater elevation, with some of the most magnificent forest trees of America, among which stands conspicuous the
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fishermen, bicyclists, equestrians, and hikers who are drawn to the wooded, steep banks of the stream. Precipitous wooded inclines that rise more than 200 feet (61 m) above the water create a feeling of remoteness and mountain vastness. There are two main and many smaller bridle paths crossing the park's 1,372 acres (5.55 km) along the
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was built over the stream, which was the world's largest concrete arch bridge at the time. The bridge joined the
Roxborough and Germantown neighborhoods of Philadelphia, formerly separated by the Wissahickon gorge. The bridge is but 480 feet (150 m) long, with a width of 60 feet (18 m), but
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by 1850, though the thickly forested region about the stream still retained the character of a wilderness. Access roads were being constructed into the steep valley, but there was still no road that followed the stream itself. The nature of the rugged terrain can be comprehended in an event that had
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The same steep slopes and gorge that provided an attractive isolation to religious adherents in the 17th and early 18th centuries provided an efficient source of energy for the development of water mills in later years. One miller had by 1690 already constructed a dam, sawmill, gristmill, and house
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deposits of mud and sand that one time were washed from ancient continents into a shallow sea. These sedimentary deposits were over time compressed into shale and sandstone. During long periods of mountain building, the shale and sandstone were slowly transformed into the schist and quartzite found
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tribes used this as a spiritual area, where local author
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Wissahiccon is of so remarkable a loveliness that, were it flowing in England, it would be the theme of every bard, and the common topic of every tongue, if, indeed, its banks were not parcelled off in lots, at an exorbitant price, as building-sites for the villas of the opulent. Yet it is
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Wissahickon in 1869-1870, and continued to expand its holdings in subsequent decades. The mills were razed; the last active mill was demolished in 1884. Several decades later the Schuylkill River itself became seriously polluted by sources in the
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Wissahickon water, proposing that in some future day the stream be dammed to supply a safe and pure water source for Philadelphia's water supply, and even allocating funds for this purpose. This did not happen, but the quest for pure
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coal fields far upstream beyond Philadelphia's control, but the waters of the Wissahickon had been restored and the beauty of the Wissahickon Valley had been preserved. Most of America became more industrialized, but the Wissahickon valley quietly returned to its original wilderness character.
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both a new view of mankind and nature, this new attitude took time to grow, but it eventually resulted in a literary and artistic movement known as Romanticism. Romantics valued heroism and chivalry in people, and regarded the wild, free, and untamed nature as the "natural" model of true
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Though at first fairly tame, in its last 7 miles (11 km), the Wissahickon stream drops over 100 feet (30 m) in altitude. Its dramatic geography and dense forest attract thousands of walkers, riders, and bikers.
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Much of the creek now runs through or next to parkland, with the last few miles running through a deep gorge. The beauty of this area attracted the attention of literary personages like
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1954:Philadelphia on the Fly: Tales of an Urban Angler
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1978:"The Whitefish Press: ron P. swegman: Small Fry"
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1463:A Scene on the Wissahickon
1404:Philadelphia Museum of Art
1345:Boating on the Wissahickon
1328:Autumn on the Whissahickon
1324:Spring on the Whissahickon
1301:, Philadelphia, PA (1924).
1264:Philadelphia Museum of Art
1136:Morning on the Wissahiccon
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1502:Spirit of the Wissahickon
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1361:Autumn on the Wissahickon
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1146:liriodendron tulipiferum
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2517:Wissahickon Valley Park
2436:Philadelphia on the Fly
2384:Brandt, Francis Burke.
1720:McCarty; Davis (1860).
1620:Wissahickon Valley Park
1519:Swann Memorial Fountain
1400:View on the Wissahickon
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1299:Swann Memorial Fountain
1268:View on the Wissahickon
1245:Philadelphia on the Fly
1175:John Greenleaf Whittier
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544:John Greenleaf Whittier
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2507:Rivers of Philadelphia
2502:Rivers of Pennsylvania
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936:Battle of Germantown
931:occurred during the
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2244:"Wissahickon Creek"
1876:"LOC Photo Display"
1805:Moll, Fred (2007).
1645:"Wissahickon Creek"
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