The Schuylkill River through Fairmount Park is one of Philadelphia’s treasures. Unfortunately, upstream stormwater runoff carries trash to the Schuylkill River, where some gets caught on the River banks while the rest continues to flow downriver to the Delaware River and Bay.
This Schuylkill River bank trash survey was conducted on the West bank from the dam to Girard Ave bridge on 4/7/15.
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- View of Girard Ave Bridge from Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive
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- West bank shore line under Girard Ave Bridge
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- West bank shoreline – down river of Girard Ave Bridge
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- West bank shoreline – down river of Girard Ave Bridge
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- West bank shoreline – down river of Girard Ave Bridge
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- West bank shoreline – down river of Girard Ave Bridge
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- West bank shoreline – down river of Girard Ave Bridge
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- West bank shoreline – down river of Girard Ave Bridge
There is a significant quantity of plastic debris along the shore line caught in the vegetation along the bank .