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Chester Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in Delaware County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. ...
Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area Ranked 33rd - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²) - Width 160 miles (255 km) - Length 280 miles (455 km) - % water 2. ...
East Branch
Rising near Kirkland, it crosses under the junction of U.S. Route 202 and Pennsylvania State Route 100. Just below, it is dammed to form the West Chester Reservoir. Flowing southward, it is dammed just above the Pennsylvania State Route 3 crossing to form the Milltown Reservoir. It flow south from there to Westtown, where Goose Creek enters and the former West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad (now owned by SEPTA) runs alongside it. The stream runs easterly about two miles, then turns south and passes a large stone quarry at Glen Mills. It turns southeasterly and meanders slightly, passing through Darlington and Wawa and meeting the East Branch at Lenni. United States Highway 202 is a highway stretching from Delaware to Maine, also passing through the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. ...
Pennsylvania State Route 100 is a Pennsylvania highway which runs for 67 miles. ...
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For the abbreviation SEPTA, see SEPTA. A septum, in general, is a wall separating two cavities or two spaces containing a less dense material. ...
Darlington is a borough located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. ...
Wawa, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated community located in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania in the United States. ...
West Branch The West Branch originates near Dilworthtown, in Chester County and flows generally eastward. Just before entering Delaware County, it is dammed to form Brinton Lake. At Markham, Webb Creek enters at the site of the historic Newlin Grist Mill. From here to Chester Heights, the creek is paralleled by the abandoned right-of-way of the Octoraro Branch, damaged in flooding from Hurricane Agnes in 1972. The creek loops southward in a deep gorge to skirt the "Heights" and comes north to meet the East Branch below Lenni. Chester County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania. ...
Chester Heights is a borough located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. ...
Hurricane Agnes was the first tropical storm and first hurricane of 1972 Atlantic hurricane season. ...
Main Stream The two branches converge between Lenni and Glen Riddle. The main stream winds southward and eastward through a rocky gorge, formerly the site of many mills that tapped its power. The Chester Creek Railroad (later the Chester Creek Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad), built 1869, paralleled it from Lenni to Upland, where it turned away from the creek, until 1972, when it was destroyed by flooding from Hurricane Agnes. Chester Creek joins the tidal Delaware River near Chester. 1893 map The Pennsylvania Railroad (AAR reporting mark PRR) was an American railroad that was founded in 1846 and merged in 1968 into Penn Central Transportation. ...
Upland is a borough located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. ...
Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, population 36,854 at the 2000 census. ...
Tributaries
East Branch - Goose Creek
- Westtown Run
- Hickman Run
- Forsythe Run
West Branch - Green Creek
- Webb Creek
- Deborahs Run
Main Stream
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