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The 7 mile long Wissahickon Creek gorge in Nortwest Philadelphia is a reclaimed 19th century industrial zone, much of which now looks a lot like wilderness. It has 30 miles of trails and no cars, and helps sustain the sanity of many of us in the the neighborhoods that border it -- Andorra, Chestnut Hill, Ivy Ridge, Mount Airy, Roxborough, Germantown.

This QTVR shows the creek below the Walnut Lane Bridge, which is said to have briefly been the tallest and most expensive concrete bridge in the world.

Like all natural things, the Wissahickon is now suffering serious degradation due to the relentless pressure of human "needs".

Geographic Coordinates: Latitude: 40° 1' 55.56" N Longitude: 75° 11' 58.31" W Precision is: High. Pinpoints the exact spot. Show at MultiMap.com [what is MultiMap?] Show at Google Maps [what is Google Maps?] Show in Google Earth* [what is Google Earth?] * requires Google Earth installed on your computer Date/Time: 11 AM 20 September 2007 Equipment: Self made digital scanning camera, Zenitar 16mm fisheye lens; self made correction s/w, PS CS2, Pano2QTVR. Composite of 3 scans at different exposures and lens tilts.