Introduction: Gulph Creek is a Schuylkill River tributary located in the region where Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties meet. Gulph Creek is only about six miles long from its head on the Schuylkill River-Delaware River drainage divide to its mouth where the creek flows into the Schuylkill River and drains an area of approximately six […]
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Introduction: Trains on the Norristown High Speed Line (NHSL) require approximately 30 minutes to travel 13.4 miles from SEPTA’s 69th Street Terminal to the Norristown Transportation Center, yet that relatively short trip involves crossing several creeks and a major river, climbing up and down as several drainage divides are crossed, passing through a water gap, […]
A shallow, but interesting through valley crosses the Schuylkill River-Delaware River drainage divide at the Main Line community of Strafford and links east oriented Gulph Creek, which flows to the Schuylkill River, with south oriented Darby Creek tributaries, with Darby Creek eventually reaching the Delaware River. The drainage divide elevation at the Strafford through valley […]
The town of Radnor is located Schuylkill River-Delaware River drainage divide between Gulph Creek, which flows to the Schuylkill River, and Ithan Creek, which flows to Darby Creek, which then flows to the Delaware River. The drainage divide elevation at the Radnor saddle location is between 410 and 420 feet while the drainage divide rises […]
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