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dock creek wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 course 2 colonial history 3 conversion to sewer 4 notes 5 references 6 external links toggle the table of contents dock creek add languages add links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 39 56 43 n 75 08 36 w 39 9453 n 75 1434 w 39 9453 75 1434 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia for the stream in west virginia see dock creek west virginia the former course of dock creek and its tributaries dock creek was a stream draining much of what is now the eastern half of center city philadelphia united states it was a tributary of the delaware river by 1820 the entire creek had been covered and converted to a sewer the present day dock street follows the lower course of the stream course edit called cooconocon by the native lenape people dock creek was near the center of william penn s initial settlement in philadelphia 1 2 the area around the mouth of the creek was marshy and early philadelphians referred to it as the swamp 1 the creek s source was near present day eleventh street between arch and race 3 it then flowed through a pond around present day fifth and market streets after which it flowed south and east 2 at about fourth and chestnut it was joined by another small stream munday s run 2 dock creek then ran southeast where it was joined by the little dock creek and through the swamp to the delaware river 2 colonial history edit penn thought the mouth of the dock a good site to dock ships giving rise to the name he declared that the area should be a harbor forever but later inhabitants did not follow his plan 1 by 1704 a drawbridge was constructed near the mouth of the creek the first bridge in the colony of pennsylvania 1 more bridges followed at second street in 1713 third street in 1740 and walnut street in 1767 1 in 1763 the creek s use as an open sewer led residents to describe it as a receptacle for the carcasses of dead dogs and other carrion and filth of various kinds which laying exposed to the sun and air putrify and become extremely offensive and injurious to the health of the inhabitants 4 increased development in the area led settlers to cover the creek above second street by 1769 5 by 1784 it was covered all the way to its outlet at the delaware 5 conversion to sewer edit the mouth of the dock had become known as a foul place especially when the tide was out 3 the stream became completely buried and served as a sewer for the neighborhood by the 1840s the sewer had become inadequate and frequently overflowed into the streets above 6 investigators recommended that philadelphia city council build a culvert under the streets to carry the stream which they did by the 1870s the dock street market was the city s primary s wholesale produce distribution center until its closure in 1959 during urban renewal in the 1960s new sewer lines were constructed in the area and archaeologists investigated the former site of the city s main waterfront 7 an art project in 2008 through philadelphia s fringearts festival investigated the former course of dock creek between third and fifth streets in what is now independence national historical park 8 notes edit 1 2 3 4 5 philadelphia times 1889 1 2 3 4 pla 1879 p 5 1 2 kite 1895 pp 264 265 olton 1974 p 92 1 2 cotter 1992 p 235 topo 1849 cotter 1992 p 236 lutz 2008 references edit books public ledger almanac philadelphia pennsylvania george w childs 1879 cotter john l 1992 the buried past an archaeological history of philadelphia philadelphia pennsylvania university of pennsylvania press isbn 0812231422 articles kite benjamin 1895 recollections of philadelphia near seventy years ago the pennsylvania magazine of history and biography 19 2 264 266 jstor 20083649 olton charles s january 1974 philadelphia s first environmental crisis the pennsylvania magazine of history and biography 98 1 90 100 jstor 20090816 newspaper our hidden streams philadelphia times august 11 1889 websites topographical commissioners appointed by the committee on public highways of the city of philadelphia 1849 dock creek sewer in 1849 a report on its condition made to city councils philly h2o lutz winifred 2008 drawing dock creek external links edit historic american buildings survey habs no pa 1072 dock street sewer dock and third streets vicinity philadelphia philadelphia county pa 1 measured drawing 39 56 43 n 75 08 36 w 39 9453 n 75 1434 w 39 9453 75 1434 v t e society hill northwest quadrant parks washington square tomb of the unknown soldier the rose garden the magnolia garden congregations holy trinity church other landmarks the st james athenaeum of philadelphia the lippincott dilworth house thaddeus kosciuszko national memorial philadelphia contributionship shippen wistar house northeast quadrant parks korean war memorial congregations old st joseph s church old st mary s church st paul s church other landmarks society hill towers powel house dolley todd house dock creek bathsheba s spring and bower benjamin loxley house dock street market polish american cultural center the willings bell s court davis lenox house john penn s house southwest quadrant parks starr garden park congregations society hill synagogue congregation kesher israel b nai abraham synagogue mother bethel a m e church vilna congregation old pine street church presbyterian historical society other landmarks mccall school thomas sully residence southeast quadrant parks delancey park congregations st peter s church other landmarks head house square new market and head house st peter s school drinker s court thaddeus kosciuszko national memorial cassey house hill physick keith house quadrants are divided along fourth and spruce streets this list is incomplete retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title dock_creek oldid 1320699479 categories tributaries of the delaware river former rivers historic american buildings survey in philadelphia subterranean rivers of the united states hidden categories pages using gadget wikiminiatlas coordinates on wikidata this page was last edited on 6 november 2025 at 06 19 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a 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