Schuylkill River

The Schuylkill River is a river in eastern in the United States. It flows for 135 miles from southeast to , the sixth-largest city in the US, where it joins the as one of its largest tributaries.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in eastern Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as: “Dere Rauschende Strohm”, “Ganschowehan”, “Ganshewen”, “Ganshow-hanne”, “La Riviere de Mendejackse”, “Landskillen”, “Lenn Bikbi”, “Lenni Bikunk”, “Linde River”, “Manaijunk”, “Manaiung”, “Manajaske”, “Manayunk”, “Matinacong”, “Menejackse Kyl”, “Meneyackse Kyl”, “Nitabacong”, “Perquemuck”, “Perquemuk”, “Schoolkill Creek”, “Schoolkill River”, “Schulkihl”, “Schuylkill”, “Scolkis”, “Scool Kill River”, “Scoolkill River”, “Skiar Kyl”, “Skiarkillen”, “Skoolkill Creek”, “Skoolkill River”, and “Skulkill”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Girard Point Bridge.

Historic site
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The was a United States Navy shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded as a commercial operation in 1776, it became the Navy's first yard in 1801, and was historically important for nearly two centuries.

Bridge
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The is a double-decked cantilevered truss bridge carrying Interstate 95 across the Schuylkill River in the American city of , .

Museum
, originally called Fort Island Battery and also known as Mud Island Fort, was commissioned in 1771 and sits on Mud Island on the below , near .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Red Bank and National Park.

Hamlet
National Park is a borough in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,026, a decrease of 10 from the 2010 census count of 3,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 169 from the 3,205 counted in the 2000 census.

Village
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is a borough in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,026, a decrease of 10 from the 2010 census count of 3,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 169 from the 3,205 counted in the 2000 census. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Schuylkill River.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the section of , , United States that originally included 1,000 homes built in two unique builder developments, of in the 1950s and Brinton Estates during the 1990s. is situated 2 miles northeast of Schuylkill River.

Schuylkill River

Latitude
39.88525° or 39° 53′ 7″ north
Longitude
-75.19465° or 75° 11′ 41″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87F6VRP4+34
Geo­Names ID
4561116
Wiki­data ID
Q605122
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Schuylkill River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر شيلكيل”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Schuylkill”
  • Catalan: “Riu Schuylkill”
  • Catalan: “Schuylkill”
  • Cebuano: “Schuylkill River”
  • Chinese: “思故河”
  • Chinese: “斯库尔基尔河”
  • Chinese: “斯库河”
  • Chinese: “斯庫基爾河”
  • Czech: “Schuylkill River”
  • Dutch: “Schuylkill River”
  • Dutch: “Schuylkill”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ستشويلكيل”
  • Finnish: “Schuylkill”
  • French: “Schuylkill River”
  • French: “Schuylkill”
  • Georgian: “სკულკილი”
  • German: “Schuylkill River”
  • Greek: “Σκούλκιλ”
  • Hebrew: “נהר שוילקיל”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Schuylkill”
  • Italian: “Schuylkill”
  • Japanese: “スクーカル川”
  • Japanese: “スクールカル川”
  • Japanese: “スクールキル川”
  • Korean: “스쿨킬 강”
  • Korean: “스쿨킬강”
  • Mingrelian: “სკულკილი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schuylkill”
  • Norwegian: “Schuylkill”
  • Persian: “رود اسکوکل”
  • Persian: “رودخانه سکوکل”
  • Persian: “رودخانهٔ سکوکل”
  • Polish: “Schuylkill”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Schuylkill”
  • Russian: “Скулкилл (река)”
  • Russian: “Скулкилл”
  • Serbian: “Скулкил”
  • Slovenian: “reka Schuylkill”
  • Slovenian: “Schuylkill River”
  • Slovenian: “Schuylkill”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سکوکل چایی”
  • Spanish: “Rio Schuylkill”
  • Spanish: “Río Schuylkill”
  • Swedish: “Schuylkill River”
  • Swedish: “Schuylkill”
  • Swedish: “Schuylkillfloden”
  • Turkish: “Schuylkill Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Скулкілл (річка)”
  • Ukrainian: “Скулкілл”
  • Venetian: “Schuylkill”
  • Welsh: “Afon Schuylkill”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Girard Point and Mud Island.

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