Plans are being crafted with nearly $14 million in federal funds to build two key extensions that will connect the Schuylkill ...

Nearly $14 million in federal funds will help build two key Schuylkill River Trail extensions, connecting to Manayunk and ...

The Schuylkill River Trail will extend beyond 61st Street to the Passyunk Avenue Bridge in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) The “Wissahickon Gateway Trail” will provide a 2,000-foot, off-road, ...

It was clear in the early 1800s that Schuylkill County’s coal deposits were going to become big business. Investors like ...

More than $13 million in federal grant money has been secured for two Schuylkill River Trail expansion projects in Manayunk and Southwest Philadelphia.

A man was found dead in the Schuylkill River in East Falls on Friday morning, police said. Around 10:20 a.m., authorities were called to the river near Kelly Drive and Midvale Avenue and ...

The Schuylkill River Greenways group is working on several ... Lastly, they want to make aesthetic and artistic improvements to the Gateway Bridge linking Reading and West Reading.

The group working toward the restoration of passenger rail service between Reading and Philadelphia has a ... was unanimously chosen by the Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority during a ...

Investors like Stephen Girard, a Philadelphia ... the Schuylkill River as well as the canal, took nine years to build. An engineering marvel, it had an elevation drop of 618 feet over its course.

It was clear in the early 1800s that Schuylkill County’s coal ... how to get the black diamonds to market in Philadelphia, and other metropolitan areas on the East Coast. Initially, coal was hauled by ...