Hidden River at the Freedman Gallery - Albright College

The Falls Bridge is an early and ambitious implementation of the "false skew" method of stone arch construction, first used on an American railroad by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad in 1848.

The village of Fricks Lock was abandoned during the construction of the Limerick Power Plant.

The Betzwood Film Studios utilized a converted brewery as Daylight And Dark Studios. The former village of Port Kennedy was also used to create early Western films.

Monce Jones, an early Swede settler, created a small community on the river near current day Douglassville

The Schuylkill River has countless tributaries winding as it makes its way the 135 miles from near Pottsville to Philadelphia.

Washington's Headquarters at Valley Forge was owned by Isaac Potts. The Potts family operated in many indusries along the Schuylkill River

Among other things, the Schuylkill River was heavily used to transport goods from the coal and iron producing areas all the way into Philadelphia.

The Schuylkill River and its heavily wooded surroundings played an important role in the Underground Railroad, including Fitzwater Station in Mont Clare.

Reading developed because of its proximity to natural resources like coal and iron as well as an easy form of transportation. As river and canal use slowed, the railroad industry florished.

For better or worse, the Schuylkill River played an important roll in the Industrial Revolution in Eastern Pennsylvania. Building towns and producing goods to be delivered to the rest of the country.