This waterway rises in Philadelphia above and to the east of Burholme Park. It travels south between Myers Avenue and the railroad after being buried underground around 1900 for the development of that part of the city. The stream follows the eastern boundary of the estate of Albert J. Myers, general store owner and Cheltenham postmaster, and empties into the Tookany at approximately Ryers Avenue where the Tookany abruptly turns south.
Richard Dungworth constructed the first mill on the Tookany in Cheltenham in 1690 in the southeast corner of the plantation. After a series of interim owners, the mill was purchased by the Rowland family in 1796 and through several generations was expanded to produce famous shovels and “forks.” The village of workers that grew up around the mill was originally known as Milltown before becoming known as Cheltenham Village at the end of the 19th century.