Manayunk’s historic canal is improving after dam project

Dated: August 13 2025

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For decades, the Manayunk Canal suffered from poor water quality, but now there are improvements that the Philadelphia Water Department credits to the Flat Rock Dam Project. The project reconnected the Manayunk Canal and the Schuylkill River at the dam — restoring water flow to the canal for the first time in about 80 years. In mid-April, PWD and Pennsylvania’s infrastructure fund, PENNVEST, reopened the Manayunk Canal to the Schuylkill for the first time since 1940. Officials hoped the transformation would make the canal area more pleasant hiking and recreational space and help purify the nearby waters. Read more at WHYY.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer; 7/19/2025 and WHYY; 6/27/2025

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