Schuylkill River is a river running northwest to southeast in eastern Pennsylvania.
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11 Facts About Schuylkill River
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Schuylkill River joins the Delaware at the site of the former Philadelphia Navy Yard, now the Philadelphia Naval Business Center, just northeast of Philadelphia International Airport.
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Schuylkill River is known to have been on fire more than once throughout history, for example in November 1892 when the surface film of oil that had leaked from nearby oil works at Point Breeze, Philadelphia, was ignited by a match tossed carelessly from a boat, with fatal results.
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Schuylkill River valley was an important thoroughfare in the eras of canals and railroads.
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The Schuylkill River Trail continues upriver from Norristown to Mont Clare, and designers plan to connect it to sections above Pottstown.
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Schuylkill River is very popular with rowing, dragon boat, and outrigger paddling enthusiasts.
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The Schuylkill Navy was established on the riverside adjacent to the city of Philadelphia to promote amateur rowing in 1858.
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Schuylkill River Trail, which generally follows the river bank, is a multi-use trail for walking, running, bicycling, rollerblading, and other outdoor activities.
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Schuykill Schuylkill River is seen at the start of the music video for "Looking Out for You" by Joy Again.
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Schuylkill River plays an important part of Jerry Spinelli's young adult fiction novel Maniac Magee.
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Schuylkill River is the setting of the fictional estate White Acre in Elizabeth Gilbert's 2013 novel The Signature of All Things.
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