Schuylkill
Proper noun
Meaning
Schuylkill
A river in Pennsylvania, United States, which flows into the Delaware River at Philadelphia.
Examples
In 1648, the Dutch built Fort Beversreede on the west bank of the Delaware, south of the Schuylkill near the present-day Eastwick section of Philadelphia, to reassert their dominion over the area.
The rapids on the Schuylkill River at East Falls were inundated by the completion of the Fairmount Dam.
The Schuylkill River Trail currently has about 60 miles of finished trail and the completed projected length is 130 miles.
Finley's Chain Bridge at Falls of Schuylkill (1808) had two spans, 100 feet and 200 feet.
Schuylkill River is somewhat redundant, since kil is already built into it.
These projects include the proposed Schuylkill Valley Metro to Wyomissing, PA, and extension of the Media/Elwyn line back to Wawa, PA.