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Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority
Schuylkill may refer to: Places * Schuylkill, Philadelphia, neighborhood in South Philadelphia * Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Expressway, portion of I-76 in Philadelphia * Schuylkill Gap, water gap through Blue Mountain in Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Parkway, Pennsylvania Route 23 * Schuylkill River, a river in Pennsylvania * Schuylkill River Bridge on the Pennsylvania Turnpike * Schuylkill River Park, Philadelphia * Schuylkill River Trail * Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Other * Le Schuylkill, a high-rise residential building in Monaco * Schuylkill Branch, rail line in Pennsylvania * Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company, (1791-1811) navigation system connecting the rivers * Schuylkill Canal, (1815-1931) navigation system along the river from Port Carbon to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill College, now Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Institute of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schuylkill, Philadelphia
Schuylkill is a neighbourhood, neighborhood in the South Philadelphia region of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It has many different names and has also been called Graduate Hospital (G-Ho) and Southwest Center City. Schuylkill is part of the 19146 postal code, which lies on the west side of Broad Street as far as 25th Street, where the Point Breeze, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Point Breeze neighborhood starts, and from the north side of Washington Avenue up to South Street. The Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Schuylkill Warehouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Cityscape The area is connected by the South Street Bridge (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), South Street Bridge to the University City, Philadelphia, University City district across the river. The "Schuylkill Avenue Project" as it is known by the hospital, will be an expansion of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) into the area next to Naval Square. It will replace the Springfield Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schuylkill Branch
The Schuylkill Branch was a rail line owned and operated by the former Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The line ran from the Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line at 52nd Street in Philadelphia north via Norristown, Reading, and Pottsville to Delano Junction (about northeast of Delano). From Delano Junction, the PRR had trackage rights over the Lehigh Valley Railroad's Hazleton Branch and Tomhicken Branch to Tomhicken, where the PRR's Catawissa Branch began. In conjunction with the Catawissa Branch, Nescopeck Branch, and Wilkes-Barre Branch, the Schuylkill Branch gave the PRR a direct line from Philadelphia to Wilkes-Barre. Construction The Schuylkill Branch originated as an attempt by the Pennsylvania Railroad to develop its anthracite coal holdings in the upper Susquehanna watershed. Before 1874, when a change to Pennsylvania's constitution blocked further investment by transportation companies in mining properties, the PRR had invested m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania
Schuylkill Haven is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough's population was 5,253 as of the 2020 census. Schuylkill Haven is situated along the Schuylkill River, for which it is named. Schuylkill Haven is a focal point of activity in southern Schuylkill County. Schuylkill Haven is located west of Allentown, northwest of Philadelphia, and west of New York City. Early settlements Before Europeans settled the land that is now part of Schuylkill Haven, the area was occupied by the Lenape people, who were known as the Delaware Indians by the British. The earliest white settlers first arrived in the area in the 1730s, traveled north of the Blue Mountain at the modern Berks- Schuylkill County line at that time. The first settler in Schuylkill Haven was John Fincher, a Quaker from Chester County, Pennsylvania. Fincher received a land grant of on March 5, 1750, the day which Schuylkill Haven considers to be its unofficial founding. Fincher constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clocker (train)
The ''Clocker'' was a passenger train service between Philadelphia and New York City on the Northeast Corridor at first by the Pennsylvania Railroad and later by Amtrak. The service was nicknamed the ''Clocker'' by riders as trains were scheduled to leave each terminal at the top of the hour. The name was eventually adopted into official use by Amtrak in 1981. The service was briefly renamed ''Acela Commuter'' in 1999 before the name reverted to ''Clocker'' in 2003. Amtrak discontinued the service on October 28, 2005, and it was partially replaced by New Jersey Transit express trains between Trenton, NJ and New York City at times approximating the ''Clocker'' schedule. History Pennsylvania Railroad The ''Clocker'' was originally a Pennsylvania Railroad express train service between New York and Broad Street Station in Philadelphia;; 15 the name was unofficial, and PRR timetables didn't use it. Soon after New York Penn Station opened in 1910, the express trains began de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Schuylkill (AO-76)
USS ''Schuylkill'' (AO-76), originally named the SS ''Louisburg'', was a T2 tanker, Type T2-SE-A1 ''Suamico''-class fleet oiler of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 306) on 24 September 1943 by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. of Chester, Pennsylvania and launched on 16 February 1943. Delivered on 27 February 1943, converted to Navy use, and commissioned at Baltimore, Maryland, on 9 April 1943. Service history World War II, 1943–1945 After shakedown cruise, shakedown operations off the east coast, ''Schuylkill'' departed Norfolk on 20 May 1943, picked up her first cargo of fuel at Baytown, Texas, and arrived at the Panama Canal on 1 June. Leaving Balboa, Panama, Balboa on 4 June, ''Schuylkill'' sailed for Seattle, and thence proceeded to San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, San Pedro, to load oil for the Aleutian Islands. ''Schuylkill'' got underway on 27 June and arrived via Unimak Pass at Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schuylkill Regional Medical Center
Schuylkill Regional Medical Center is a non-profit affiliation between two community hospitals formerly known as Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center and The Pottsville Hospital and Warne Clinic, both of which are located in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States. On August 1, 2008, Schuylkill Health became the new parent organization for both facilities and their related health systems.About Schuylkill Health System Schuylkill Regional Medical Center, accessed February 4, 2010. After the affiliation was formalized in 2008, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center became known as the East Norwegian Street campus and Pottsville Hospital was renamed the South Jackson Street campus. Schuylkill Health System provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services and includes a regional network of off-site cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schuylkill Mall
Schuylkill Mall was an shopping mall located in Frackville, Pennsylvania. Built in 1980 by Crown American, the mall originally featured Kmart, Hess's, and Sears as its anchor stores; later additions to the mall included Pomeroy's (which was later bought out by The Bon-Ton) and Phar-Mor. In its day, it was one of the largest shopping malls in the state of Pennsylvania. After losing numerous tenants throughout the 2000s and 2010s with the decline in regional economy and residents, the mall had become increasingly vacant. As of 2017, only Dunham's Sports remained as a major anchor tenant. It closed December 31, 2017, relocating to Pottsville's Fairlane Village Mall, where it reopened on December 7, 2018. The last tenant to close in the Schuylkill Mall was Pearl Stadium 8 Theatres, which closed January 15, 2018. The property is owned by Northpoint Development, who bought it out of Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2017. It demolished the mall beginning on January 26, 2018, and this was reportedl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schuylkill Institute Of Business And Technology
Schuylkill Institute of Business and Technology (SIBT) was a private technical college located in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie .... The school was founded in 1998,("The new school, named Schuylkill Institute of Business and Technology, offers diploma, degree and certificate programs, including business and computer...") and was sold to MC Education, Inc. in 2000. In 2006, it was announced that SIBT would be closing at the end of the 2007 year. References External linksSchuylkill Institute of Business and Technology Pottsville, Pennsylvania Universities and colleges in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Defunct private universities and colleges in Pennsylvania Educational institutions established in 1998 1998 establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schuylkill College
Schuylkill may refer to: Places * Schuylkill, Philadelphia, neighborhood in South Philadelphia * Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Expressway, portion of I-76 in Philadelphia * Schuylkill Gap, water gap through Blue Mountain in Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Parkway, Pennsylvania Route 23 * Schuylkill River, a river in Pennsylvania * Schuylkill River Bridge on the Pennsylvania Turnpike * Schuylkill River Park, Philadelphia * Schuylkill River Trail * Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Other * Le Schuylkill, a high-rise residential building in Monaco * Schuylkill Branch, rail line in Pennsylvania * Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company, (1791-1811) navigation system connecting the rivers * Schuylkill Canal, (1815-1931) navigation system along the river from Port Carbon to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill College, now Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Institute of Business a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schuylkill And Susquehanna Navigation Company
The Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company was a limited liability corporation founded in Pennsylvania on September 29, 1791. Reprint of 1990 volume. The company was founded for the purpose of improving river navigation, which in the post-colonial United States era of the 1790s meant improving river systems, not canals. In this Pennsylvania scheme, however, two rivers, a large river, the Susquehanna and a smaller one, the Schuylkill were to be improved by clearing channels through obstructions and building dams where needed. To connect the two watersheds, the company proposed a summit level crossing at Lebanon, a length of almost between the two rivers. The completed project was intended to be part of a navigable water route from Philadelphia to Lake Erie and the Ohio Valley. The original engineering concept developed by the Society as well as the navigation company's charter had been to build a canal up to the Schuylkill Valley to Norristown, improving the Schuylkill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Schuylkill
Le Schuylkill is a high-rise residential building in Monaco. Location It is located at 19, Boulevard de Suisse in Saint Michel, Monaco.Le Schuylkill Le Schuylkill Hélène Pastor Pallanca: Le Schuylkill Hi ...
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