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The Schuylkill River ( / ˈskuːlkɪl / SKOOL-kil, [1] locally / ˈskuːkəl / SKOO-kəl) [2] is a river in eastern Pennsylvania. It flows for 135 miles (217 km) [3] from Pottsville southeast to Philadelphia, where it joins the Delaware River as one of its largest tributaries. The river's watershed of about 2,000 sq mi (5,180 km 2) lies ...
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget [37] has designated Schuylkill County as the Pottsville, PA micropolitan statistical area (µSA). [38] As of the 2010 U.S. Census [39] the micropolitan area ranked the number 1 most populous in the State of Pennsylvania and the 5th most populous in the United States with a population of 148,289.
Schuylkill notes are cryptic messages printed on little pieces of paper appearing in many locations in Pennsylvania. Authorship of the notes is unknown. Authorship of the notes is unknown. They are found inside food packaging, hanging from trees along hiking trails and state parks.
The Schuylkill River Trail (/ ˈ s k uː l k ɪ l / SKOOL-kil, locally /-k əl /) is a multi-use trail along the banks of the Schuylkill River in southeastern Pennsylvania. Partially complete as of 2018, the trail is ultimately planned to run about 140 miles (230 km) from the river's headwaters in Schuylkill County to Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia .
The Schuylkill campus was originally chartered in 1934 and was located in Pottsville, approximately six miles (10 km) north of the current campus. Classes were originally held in rented space, and laboratory facilities for science students were shared with an area high school. After World War II, the college began to grow, and in 1953, they ...
Coordinates: 40°20′N 75°44′W. National Park Service map of the heritage area. Schuylkill River National and State Heritage Area is a federally designated National Heritage Area in the valley of the Schuylkill River in southeastern Pennsylvania. The heritage area extends from Pottsville to Philadelphia through Schuylkill, Berks, Chester ...
Legislative. ← PA 75. I-76. → PA 76. The Schuylkill Expressway / ˈskuːkəl /, [2] locally known as " the Schuylkill ", is a freeway through southern Montgomery County and Philadelphia. It is the easternmost segment of Interstate 76 (I-76) in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It extends from the Valley Forge interchange of the Pennsylvania ...
39°58′02″N 75°11′16″W. / 39.96722°N 75.18778°W / 39.96722; -75.18778 ( Canal End) The Schuylkill Canal, or Schuylkill Navigation, was a system of interconnected canals and slack-water pools along the Schuylkill River in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, built as a commercial waterway in the early 19th-century.