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009. Dam and stream.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18210.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification.

010. Stream

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18211.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification.

014. Stream in winter

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18212.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification.

017. Stream and factory with smokestack

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18213.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification.

018. Bridge over stream

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18214.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification.

019. Bridge over stream

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18215.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification.

025. Crum Creek, Springton Reservoir at Gradyville Road

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18216.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." Address is approximate.

032. Old houses by stream

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18217.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification.

034. Stream in channel with Baldwin Locomotive Works in background.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18218.jpg
Location: Eddystone (Pa.)
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." Identified from Google Maps. Stream is either Crum Creek or a raceway leading to factory from this creek. Exact location uncertain.

039. Tall dam on creek with two factory buildings below.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18219.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification.

040. Roadway in parklike setting leading to concrete bridge over stream.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18220.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification. Possibly Cobbs Creek Parkway.

046. Mouth of creek near large river, with factory on right and bridge in distance

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18221.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification. Possibly the mouth of Crum Creek or Ridley Creek at the Delaware River.

047. Small bridge over stream in parklike setting

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18222.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification.

050. Rapids in stream with either bridge abutments or ruins of a factory.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18223.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification.

056. Stream with factories, stores, and bridge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18224.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification. Possibly Chester Creek in Chester, or Darby Creek in Darby.

057. Mouth of Chester Creek.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18225.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification. The mouth of Chester Creek at the Delaware River, viewed from 2nd Street. Thanks to Ted Xaras for identifying this location.

069. Wissahickon Creek downstream of Valley Green; Valley Green Road bridge in background.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18226.jpg
Date: 1950-1955
Slide marked "Duplicate." No identification. Identified by Adam Levine from personal knowledge of site.

1556A. Skaters on pond formed by Palmer's Dam on Ridley Creek, just north of Baltimore Pike.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18200.jpg
Date: 1956-1957
Looking north of Baltimore Pike at pond behind dam. Address is for the small Middletown Township Memorial Park now (in 2020) at this location.

1556B. Skaters on pond formed by Palmer's Dam on Ridley Creek, just north of Baltimore Pike.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18201.jpg
Date: 1956-1957
Looking north of Baltimore Pike at pond behind dam. Address is for the small Middletown Township Memorial Park now (in 2020) at this location.

571. River. From Governor Printz Park, downstream, Essington.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18137.jpg
Date: 1955-08
Looking downstream on the Delaware River from Governor Printz State Park.

640. Darby Creek, north of Bryn Mawr Ave., Radnor Township

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18157.jpg
Date: 1955-09
Location uncertain. This may be the bridge on Goshen Road or on Saw Mill Road at Darby Paoli Road.

743. Darby Creek, Tinicum Marsh

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18164.jpg
Date: 1956 (circa)
Delaware River and Little Tinicum Island are in the distance. This view may have been taken from over Folcroft.

Aerial view of Chester, Pa.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18015.jpg
Location: Chester (Pa.)
Date: 1935-1945
The view shows Chester Creek and part of Chester's waterfront on the Delaware River. Edgmont Avenue is the diagonal street in the middle of the photo.