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  Philly H2O: 1882 Army Corps of Engineers Report on Frankford Creek
Frankford Creek lies entirely within the city limits of Philadelphia, traversing the districts of Frankford, White Hall, and Bridesburgh [sic], which are rapidly becoming the centers of large and varied manufacturing industries.
The Frankford arsenal, a manufacturing establishment and depot of the Ordnance Department, United States Army, is situated at the confluence of the Frankford Creek and Delaware River, in the twenty-third ward of the city of Philadelphia, Pa.
Frankford Creek is a tide-water stream which might, with proper attention, be made a very valuable commercial highway to the various manufacturing establishments in and about Frankford, Bridesburg, Whitehall, Aramingo, and, in fact, nearly the whole of the lower part of the twenty-third and a great portion of the twenty-fifth wards.
www.phillyh2o.org /backpages/FrankfordCreek1882.htm   (3136 words)

  
 Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The population of Frankford grew by 3% between the 1990 and 2000 censuses.
Frankford, like all areas of Philadelphia, is served by the School District of Philadelphia.
Frankford Friends School, a private Kindergarten through 8th grade school, is in Frankford [2].
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frankford,_Philadelphia   (753 words)

  
 Cardiologists to exit Frankford Health - Philadelphia Business Journal:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Frankford Health Care System, which is already getting ready to discontinue maternity services at its Torresdale division, is losing another group of specialists at its Frankford campus in another departure tied in part to Pennsylvania's high medical malpractice insurance costs.
Slade of Frankford said her hospital's administration is in active discussions with other cardiology groups to provide cardiology coverage at the Frankford campus.
Frankford is set to discontinue maternity services and related obstetric care at its Torresdale and Frankford campuses in July.
www.bizjournals.com /philadelphia/stories/2006/05/22/story2.html?t=printable   (792 words)

  
 Frankford Legion
That season the rising star among the Frankford elevens was a newcomer on the scene, the Legion.
Three days later the team was back in Frankford for a Thanksgiving Day rematch with Shenandoah, which now claimed the title of "state champions." This time around the Legion was better prepared on offense, shutting out the Presidents, 21 to 0, to stake their own claim to the state title.
Frankford finally broke into the win column in the third week of the season with a 14 to 0 shutout of the Clifton Wessingtons.
ghosts.footballhistory.org /Legion.htm   (3292 words)

  
 Market-Frankford El
As in New York, Philadelphia had its share of construction accidents, such as an explosion on 10/5/1906 due to a gas main rupture at 6th and Market, but the line opened on December 18th, 1906.
On the Frankford side, construction of Interstate 95 forced a reroute and closed the Fairmount Station which has been replaced by the current Spring Garden Station in the median of the I-95 highway.
Frankford Transportation Center (Bridge-Pratt), is part of a massive transportation terminal that has been recently renovated.
world.nycsubway.org /us/phila/market-frankford.html   (2471 words)

  
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Frankford Candy Company, headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, is one of the largest suppliers of confections in America.
Frankford Candy was established in 1947 in a small factory in Philadelphia's Frankford section as a manufacturer of chocolate-molded Easter products, but quickly expanded to include other seasonal candies, as well.
Frankford Candy is a top 10 supplier of seasonal candy in the nation and one of the fastest-growing confectioners.
www.frankfordcandy.com /about.htm   (451 words)

  
 Philadelphia Hospitals Online .. Frankford Hospital   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Frankford Campus lies in the Lower Northeast section of Philadelphia at Frankford Avenue and Wakeling Street.
Frankford's Health Center Clinic -- with nine outpatient clinics that handle more than 11,500 cases for low-income residents each year -- is also located at the Frankford Campus.
Frankford Hospital serves Northeast Philadelphia and nearby Lower Bucks and Montgomery counties -- a 21-zip-code primary service area with a combined population of approximately 800,000 potential patients.
www.philadex.com /philadelphia/hospitals/frankford.asp   (220 words)

  
 FLP - Frankford Branch - Branch History
One of the oldest neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Frankford was originally settled by Swedes in 1638, although a Native American village appeared on a map from 1655.
Frankford was named for a group of German Pietists, similar to the Quakers, who came from Frankurt, Germany.
Frankford was part of Oxford Township until 1800, when it withdrew and incorporated as a borough.
libwww.library.phila.gov /branches/history.cfm?loc=FRK   (255 words)

  
 Frankford Hospitals - Frankford Campus
Frankford Hospital - Frankford, located in the lower Northeast section of Philadelphia at Frankford Avenue and Wakeling Street, is a 121-bed medical/surgical facility offering inpatient medicine, surgery, emergency medical services, and a comprehensive physical rehabilitation unit.
Frankford's Health Center Clinic - with nine outpatient clinics that handle more than 11,500 cases for low-income residents each year - is also located at Frankford.
The Web site for Frankford Hospitals, its contents and programs, is provided for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice nor is it intended to create any physician-patient relationship.
www.frankfordhospitals.org /about/article6450.html   (330 words)

  
 Philly H2O: Frankford Watershed Timeline
On August 18, 1932, “flood waters of Frankford Creek cut a channel through land of American Pile Fabric Co. north of dam and west of Wingohocking Street.” In a flood on July 2 and 3, 1933, “fifteen feet of the dam across Frankford Creek west of Wingohocking Street failed.
Due to this diversion, the Philadelphia Felt Company, operating a mill partly by water power from a dam in Frankford Creek near Powder Mill Lane, claimed a loss in water power, the damages from which the City estimated at $42,065.
A meter has been installed for measuring the sewage entering the City of Philadelphia from Cheltenham Township, as provided for in the agreement entered into in 1923, by which the City of Philadelphia conveys and treats the sewage of Cheltenham township at the cost provided for in the agreement.
www.phillyh2o.org /backpages/Frankford_Timeline.htm   (3367 words)

  
 Tacony Frankford Watershed Historical Timeline 1799 to 1956
In 1938, “at a public hearing held by the War Department in Philadelphia, private interests along the creek indicated a desire to have the federal government again improve the lower reaches of the creek for navigation.
A series of newspaper articles in 1899 highlighted “the increasing unsanitary condition of Frankford and Little Tacony Creeks, by reason of the extension of branch sewers in Frankford” that emptied their sewage into these creeks; and while the public was promised some solution, no work was yet undertaken.
As most large cities at the time, Philadelphia saw that it was a simpler and less costly public health measure to treat the drinking water supplies than it would have been to collect and decontaminate the City's sewage.
www.sewerhistory.net /Tacony_Frankford/!!!TFTimeline.html   (3566 words)

  
 Frankford Hospitals - Cooperating Agencies
Frankford Hospital is a not-for-profit community, teaching hospital that operates two modern facilities in Northeast Philadelphia: the Frankford and Torresdale Campuses, and one in Bucks County: the Bucks County Campus, as well as off-site outpatient locations.
The three campuses of Frankford Hospital are utilized, in conjunction with other agencies, on all three educational levels with the School of Nursing.
An inpatient hospice unit within Frankford Hospital – Frankford campus, students are exposed to and care for clients during their last few months of life.
www.frankfordhospitals.org /nursing/article6722.html   (788 words)

  
 A Brief History of Philadelphia
Some of these also became absorbed in the extending streets of the congeries of towns of which Philadelphia was composed, and in 1854 they were all consolidated under one municipal government, the boundaries of which are coincident with those of the old county of Philadelphia.
Incorporated District, Boroughs, and Townships in the County of Philadelphia, 1854
The bill provided that the city of Philadelphia, as limited by the charter of 1789, should be enlarged by taking in all the territory comprised within the county of Philadelphia.
www.ushistory.org /philadelphia/philadelphia.html   (1377 words)

  
 Transit-Oriented Development case study on Frankford train station
In Frankford, people have to pinch themselves to believe that the transportation center is done, after nearly two decades of discussion, planning and construction.
The new terminal building is meant to bring order to the chaotic Frankford hub, where 16 bus routes converge and transferring to the train was often a life-threatening exercise.
As with much in life, the final few steps of the Frankford project were the hardest.
www.pecpa.org /_final_pec/html/TOD_case_study_Frankford.htm   (1093 words)

  
 Frankford Yellow Jackets
Unfortunately that was not to be, and shortly thereafter the franchise was forfeited to the league.
Frankford's independent seasons from 1919 thru 1921 saw Thanksgiving Day victories over the Ewing A. A., Lebanon Valley College and Bethlehem's Thomas A. These successes were followed in 1922 and 1923 by victories over New York City's first NFL team, Brickley's Giants.
The Frankford Athletic Association, however, was a community based non-profit organization, comprised of local residents and businesses, with the expressed purpose of supporting local charities.
ghosts.footballhistory.org /Yellowjackets.htm   (5607 words)

  
 “America’s March to Victory” through Frankford, Philadelphia - PhillyBlog - Philadelphia
FRANKFORD, PHILADELPHIA: The Historical Society of Frankford and the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (W3R-PA) Committee will celebrate the 225th Anniversary of the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route through Frankford on Sunday, September 3d between 2:00 and 3:00PM.
America’s March to Yorktown (AMTY) re-enactors arrive in Bristol, PA on Friday, 1 September, moving on to Frankford and Philadelphia on the 2nd, camping in Philadelphia on the 3rd, and Marcus Hook on the 4th.
On 3 September, after a 2 PM reception at Historical Society of Frankford, in Philadelphia, AMTY re-enactors will march to the original American Revolution campsite on the east bank of the Schuylkill River, at Market Street, now known as Schuylkill Banks in Fairmount Park.
www.phillyblog.com /philly/showthread.php?p=316778#post316778   (1203 words)

  
 Frankfor Beacon Center
Frankford Group Ministry supports the health of families and the strength of our community.
Frankford Group Ministry (FGM) is the founding organization of the Frankford Beacon Center.
Frankford Group Ministry is a 501(c) 3, not for profit organization.
www.frankfordbeacon.org /fgm.html   (198 words)

  
 Frankford Hospital joins Jefferson Cancer Network
Frankford Hospital, a community teaching hospital with three locations, the Frankford, Torresdale and Bucks campuses, has been a member of the Jefferson Health System since October.
As of July 1, Frankford’s Department of Radiation Oncology will be staffed by three Jefferson faculty members at the Torresdale campus and will provide state-of-the-art radiotherapy for all cancer sites and brachytherapy services for cancer patients throughout northeast Philadelphia and Bucks County.
The three Frankford campuses include Frankford Hospital – Frankford, located at Frankford Avenue and Wakeling Street in Philadelphia (19124); Frankford Hospital – Torresdale, located at Knights and Red Lion Roads in Philadelphia (19114); and Frankford Hospital – Bucks County, at 380 N. Oxford Valley Road in Langhorne (19047).
www.kcc.tju.edu /Clinical/kccnews/Frankford.htm   (412 words)

  
 NE Times needs views on Frankford - PhillyBlog - Philadelphia
The NE Times is calling all past, present and future Frankford residents to give their thoughts on the current conditions in Frankford and what can be done to improve them.
The Northeast Times is undertaking research for an upcoming series of articles, Frankford at the Crossroads, that will examine longtime efforts to revitalize Frankford, where those efforts stand today, and the future of the neighborhood.
If you live or work in Frankford, used to live there, or if you have a particular interest in the neighborhood’s fortunes, we’d like to hear from you.
www.phillyblog.com /philly/showthread.php?p=290399#post290399   (663 words)

  
 Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2005920023
Located in the lower northeast section of Philadelphia, Frankford was first settled by Swedish immigrants in the mid-seventeenth century, and it rivaled Philadelphia itself in
At one time, Frankford was considered one of the most thriving manufacturing areas in the state.
Frankford was home to the Frankford Yellow Jackets, one of the first NFL teams in America.
www.loc.gov /catdir/enhancements/fy0629/2005920023-d.html   (196 words)

  
 Frankford Apartment to rent Frankford apartment rental and Frankford apartment for rent. Rent Frankford rental ...
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www.sublet.com /town_rentals/pennsylvania/Frankford_Rentals.asp   (115 words)

  
 Frankford & Southwark Philadelphia City Passenger Railroad Company
This historic document was printed by the Hamilton Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of an allegorical woman with wings holding lightning bolts in her hand riding on a wheel of a train.
In May, 1857, the Philadelphia and Delaware River Railroad was chartered, giving the right to build a road from Philadelphia to Frankford, upon which cars drawn by horses could be used.
Horse cars were in use from January 8, 1858, to November 17, 1863, when the Frankford and Southwark Passenger Railway introduced "dummies" which ran from the depot, Fourth and Berks Streets, to Frankford.
www.scripophily.net /fransoutphil.html   (622 words)

  
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For almost 60 years, Frankford has supplied America’s largest retailers with a broad range of confectionery products.
Frankford distributes to all mass retail trade channels including Food, Drug, Mass Merchandisers, Club Stores, C-Stores and Specialty Retailers.
Our manufacturing facility in Philadelphia, PA produces highly automated chocolate products and is complimented by a global network of co-manufacturing partners from all over the world.
www.frankfordcandy.com   (162 words)

  
 Frankford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood (formerly a separate borough) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Frankford Village, a ghost town which was once the county seat of Mower County, Minnesota
Frankford Candy and Chocolate Company is America's largest "candy/chocolate" manufacturer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frankford   (136 words)

  
 Frankford ave philadelphia pa (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.columbia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Salvation Army 4344 Frankford Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19124 215-288-3287...
Frankford High School 5000 Oxford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19124...
Burger King 6100 Frankford Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19154 (215) 288-1986.
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 Learn about NorthEast Philadelphia featuring Frankford, Fox Chase, Mayfair, Tacony and Somerton neighborhoods
Tacony and Wissanoming are located between Frankford Ave and the Delaware River from Cheltenham in the south to Cottman Ave in the north.
Toaconing or Toaconick, a small township situate in the bend between the River Delaware, Wissinoming Creek on the northeast and Frankford Creek and Little Tacony Creek on the south and west.
It lay east of the town of Frankford, and at an early date was incorporated in Oxford Township.
www.northeastphillyhomes.com /viewneighborhood.asp?ID=3   (171 words)

  
 University of Delaware: GARDINER FULTON PAPERS
He continued to live in Frankford Borough, which became home for the rest of his life.
Fulton resided for a time in Oxford Township, but spent most of his life in rural Frankford, a farm community and the first stage stop north of Philadelphia on the Philadelphia-Trenton Turnpike.
A handbill from Odd Fellow’s Hall, Frankford, to advertise the play “Two Orphans,” for the benefit of the National Cornet Band, March 11-14, 1878.
www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/findaids/fulton_g.htm   (1023 words)

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