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Muckinipattis Creek

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The Old Mill, or Old Mill Dam (known by locals as 'The Falls'), which today sits at the junction of Delmar Drive in Folcroft, South Avenue in Glenolden, and East Amosland in Norwood was built in 1775 by Thomas Shipley. The
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and the other on the southwest corner of Springfield Road and Bishop Avenue. The Muckinipattis then proceeds past the Primos-Secane swim club in
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nation lived and hunted along the creek, and had a small village on what today is Montgomery Park in Folcroft.
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townships. It empties into Darby Creek between the shores of Montgomery Park in the borough of
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U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.
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is well watered by numerous creeks… the principal of which are … Muckinipates …
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Muckinipattis Creek
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word meaning 'deep running water'. The Otter and Turtle tribes within the
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The confluence of Muckinipattis Creek with Darby Creek is next to the
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The mill was sold and re-purposed a number of times. It was a
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is a 5.4-mile-long (8.7 km) creek which runs through
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The creek is believed to begin with two branches, one in
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factory when it finally burned down in February 1899.
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was popular among grain farmers from as far away as
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39°52′53″N 75°17′18″W / 39.88139°N 75.28833°W / 39.88139; -75.28833

Secane, PA
Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Darby Creek
Delaware River
Springfield Township
Upper Darby Township
Secane
Darby
Ridley
Folcroft
Morton Morton House
Norwood
Lenape
Lenni Lenape
gristmill
Delaware
New Jersey
John Morton
Declaration of Independence
bobbin
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Muckinipattis Creek
The National Map
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ISBN
978-1-312-54518-2
Categories
Rivers of Pennsylvania

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