Annual reports and other documents relating to Philadelphia’s water supply system, 1796-1941

by Adam Levine on
See No. 3 below for a PDF of this report.

My ultimate goal is to eventually post a comprehensive list of all reports relating to Philadelphia’s water supply, from the late 18th century to the present, with links to PDFs of each. It may be a while before I complete that task, but in the meantime I want to share what I have either found online or scanned from the PWD Historical Collection. This page will expand as I am able to upload or link more volumes. For now, please view it as a work in progress.

Several sources of early reports (before 1850) are as follows:

Ogden Bound Volume

Some of the early reports in the PWD Historical Collection came from a bound volume compiled around 1876 by John L. Ogden, who was then an assistant engineer in the department. Ogden later served as Chief Engineer, from 1886 to 1895. The 29 reports are cataloged as 2004.057.0464a through 2004.057.0464cc, inclusive.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Other early reports in the PWD collection were duplicates given to PWD Chief Engineer John C. Trautwine Jr. in 1898 by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. These came in both original form or, where no originals existed, in typescripts. The nine typescripts are bound in one volume and catalogued as 2004.057.0567, a through i.

Early American Imprints, online newspaper databases, digitized copies of Hazard’s Register, Google Books, and the Internet Archive, also have copies of reports. In the many cases where there are duplicate reports online, I have tried to choose the best copy. Please be aware that Google Books does a lousy job when it comes to scanning illustrations, and mostly skips oversized maps and charts that are folded into the books.

For an overview of the history and operation of the city’s water system, you can view Walter Graf’s 1931 history of the city’s pumping stations. For more general information, see PWD’s 7-part Water and Drainage History Course.

  1. 1796 to 1799 Minutes of the Select Council of the City of Philadelphia, related to the creation of a public water supply. Extracts selected and transcribed by Jane Mork Gibson. With cover letter to Ed Grusheski. (2004.057.0001)
  2. 1797-1798 Report of the Joint Committee of the Select and Common Councils, on the Subject of Bringing Water to the City. [Also, letter from William Smith, chairman of the stockholders of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Navigation Company, to the councils, December 19, 1797] (Photocopy of typed transcript; also digital document 2004.057.0003)
  3. 1798 Dec. 29 View of the praticability and means of supplying the City of Philadelphia with wholesome water. In a letter to John Miller, Esquire, from B. Henry Latrobe, Engineer. December 29th. 1798. Printed by the order of the Corporation of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, No. 106, Chestnut-street. 1799. 20 pp. (2004.057.0464c)
  4. 1799 Jan. 26 Remarks on a second publication of B. Henry Latrobe, Engineer, said to be printed by order of the Committee of the Councils [of the City] and distributed among the members of the Legislature. January 26, 1799. 7 pp. No author but handwritten under title is “By William Smith DD” (2004.057.0464d)
  5. 1799 March 2 An answer to the Joint Committee of the Select and Common Councils of Philadelphia, on the subject of a plan for supplying the city with water, &c. [By] B. Henry Latrobe, engineer, Philadelphia, March 2d, 1799. (2004.057.0626; Early American Imprints)
  6. 1799 Nov. 24 Report to the Select and Common Councils on the progress and state of the Water Works, on the 24th of November, 1799. Printed by the order of the Corporation of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, No. 106, Chestnut-street, 1799. 44 pp. Handwritten on title page: “William Parker” (2004.057.0464e)
  7. 1799 An Ordinance Providing for the Raising of a Sum of Money for Supplying the City of Philadelphia with Wholesome Water. Printed by order of the Corporation of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Jr., 1799. (2004.057.0622)
  8. 1799 Report of the Joint Committee of the Select and Common Councils, appointed to receive information on the subject of watering the city, and to employ agents, when necessary, for promoting that object. Printed by order of the corporation of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, no. 106, Chesnut-Street, 1799. (2004.057.0623; Early American Imprints)
  9. 1799 Address of the committee of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Company, to the committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, on the memorial of said company. [Philadelphia] Printed by John Ormrod, No. 41, Chesnut-Street, Philadelphia., [1799] [and, at page 34 of pdf]: “Remarks on a second publication of B. Henry Latrobe, engineer …” Dated January 26th, 1799] (2004.057.0624; Early American Imprints)
  10. 1799 Remarks on the address of the Committee of the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Company to the Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, as far as it notices the “View of the practicability and means of supplying the city of Philadelphia with wholesome water.” By B. Henry Latrobe, engineer. In a letter to John Miller, Junr. Esquire, chairman of the Committee of the Select Council. Printed by order of the Committee of the Councils. Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, no. 106, Chesnut-Street., 1799. (2004.057.0625; Early American Imprints)
  11. 1801 Report of the Committee for the introduction of wholesome water into the City of Philadelphia. Printed by the order of the Corporation of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, No. 106, Chestnut-street, 1801. 16 pp. Penciled note on title page: “Don’t send these to auction. R.B.” (2004.057.0464f)
  12. 1801 Report. The joint committee [of Councils], to whom was referred the memorial and remonstrance of Nicholas J. Roosevelt, of the state of New-York, having met together, divers times upon the important subject embraced by the said memorial … offer the following report, viz. (2004.057.0627; Early American Imprints)
  13. 1802 Report of the joint committee, appointed by the select and common councils for the purpose of superintending and directing the water works. Printed by order of the Common Council. Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Cochran, 108 Race-street, 1802. (2004.057.0628; Early American Imprints)
  14. 1802 Report of the Committee appointed by the Common Council to enquire into the state of the Water Works. Printed by order of the Common Council. Philadelphia: Printed by William Duane, at the Aurora Printing Office, No. 106, Market-Street. 1802. 85 pp. (2004.057.0464g)
  15. 1803 Nov. 1 Report of the Watering Committee to the Select & Common Councils, November 1, 1803. Philadelphia: Printed by William Duane, No.106, Market-Street, 1803. (2004.057.0629; Early American Imprints)
  16. 1804 Nov. 1 Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils, November 1, 1804. Printed by order of the Select and Common Councils. Philadelphia: Printed by Robert Cochran, No. 108, Race-Street, 1804. (2004.057.0630; Early American Imprints)
  17. 1805 Oct. 7 Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils, October 7th, 1805. Printed by order of the Select and Common Councils. Printed by order of the Select and Common Councils. Philadelphia: Printed by William M’Corkle, No. 120, South Second-Street, 1806. (2004.057.0631; Early American Imprints)
  18. 1806 Nov. 13 Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils, November 13, 1806. Published by order of councils. Printed by Jane Aitken, No. 62 North Third Street, Philadelphia. 1806. (2004.057.0011)
  19. 1807 Nov. 13 Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils, November 13, 1807. Published by order of councils. Printed by Jane Aitken, No. 62 North Third Street, Philadelphia. 1807. (2004.057.0012)
  20. 1808 Nov. 24 Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils, November 24, 1808. Published by order of councils. Printed by Jane Aitken, No. 71 North Third Street, Philadelphia. 1808. (2004.057.0013)
  21. 1809 Nov. 2 Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils, November 2d, 1809. Published by order of councils. Printed by Jane Aitken, No. 71 North Third Street, Philadelphia. 1809. (2004.057.0014)
  22. 1810 Nov. 5 Report of the Watering Committee, 1810. (This report was never published, but was transcribed around 1900. 2004.057.0015 and 2004.057.0567a)
  23. 1811 Nov. 7 Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils, November 7, 1811. Published by order of councils. Printed by Jane Aitken, No. 71 North Third Street, Philadelphia. 1811. (2004.057.0016)
  24. 1812 May 2 Report of the Watering Committee, upon the present state of the works for supplying the city with water, and several other plans proposed for that purpose. May 2, 1812. Philadelphia: Printed by Jane Aitken, No. 71, N. Third-Street, 1812. [Includes: “Report of Messrs. Davis and Graff to the Watering Committee of Philadelphia [regarding a new water works at Fairmount].”–p. [7]-19; Estimates, p. 20-24; Letter from William Rush and George Vaux, “by order of the Watering Committee, March 10, 1812,” p. 25, addressed to Messrs. Henry Nixon and Thomas Biddle; “Plan of the ground at Morris’s Hill, near the upper ferry, proposed to be purchased.”–p. [26].] (2004.057.0632; Early American Imprints)
  25. 1812 Nov. 5 Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils, November 5, 1812. Published by order of councils. Printed by Jane Aitken, No. 71 North Third Street, Philadelphia. 1812. (2004.057.0017)
  26. 1813 April 1 Extract from the Minutes of the Watering Committee, April 1, 1813. Printed by Ann Cochran, No. 108, Race Street, Philadelphia. 1813 (2004.057.0018)
  27. 1813 Nov. 11 Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils, November 11th, 1813. Published by order of councils. Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley, Philadelphia. 1813 (2004.057.0019)
  28. 1814 (Jan. 11, 1815) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils. Read January 11, 1815. Published by order of councils. Printed at the office of the United States Gazette, Philadelphia, 1815. (2004.057.0020)
  29. 1815 (Jan. 25, 1816) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils. Read January 25, 1816. Published by order of councils. Philadelphia: Printed by William Fry, Walnut, near Fifth Street. 1817. (2004.057.0021)
  30. 1816 (Jan. 23, 1817) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils, read January 23, 1817. Published by Order of the Councils, Philadelphia: Printed by William Fry, Walnut, near Fifth Street. 1817. (2004.057.0567b)
  31. 1817 (Jan. 22, 1818) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils, read January 22, 1818. Published by Order of the Councils, Philadelphia: Printed by William Fry, Walnut, near Fifth Street. 1818. (2004.057.0567c)
  32. 1818 Nov. 12 Report of the Watering Committee, read in Select Council, November the twelfth, 1818. Printed by order of the Select Councils. Philadelphia: Printed by William Fry. 1822. 42 pp. With charts and several diagrams and illustrations. (2004.057.0024; also 2004.057.0464i)
  33. 1818 (Jan. 14, 1819) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils, read January 14, 1819. Published by Order of the Councils, Philadelphia: Printed by William Fry, Walnut, near Fifth Street. 1819. (2004.057.0567d)
  34. 1819 (Feb. 10, 1820) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils, read February 10, 1820. Published by Order of the Councils, Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Street. 1820. (2004.057.0567f)
  35. 1819 Report of the Watering Committee of the agreements with the Schuylkill Navigation Company and White and Gillingham, relating to the water power of the River Schuylkill. Published by order of Councils. Philadelphia: Printed by W. Fry, Walnut near Fifth Street., 1819. (2004.057.0633; Early American Imprints)
  36. 1819 An additional report on water power, by the Watering Committee: with communications on the subject from Messrs. Ariel Cooley, Lewis Wernwag, Thomas Oakes, William Briggs, and William Lehman. And other documents. Printed by Order of Councils. Philadelphia: Printed by William Fry, Walnut below Fifth Street. 1819. (2004.057.0022 and 2004.057.0567e – transcript)
  37. 1819-1823 Accounts of the Corporation of the City of Philadelphia. From the first of April, 1819, to the first of April, 1823. Printed by order of the councils. Philadelphia: Printed by William Fry, George street, near Sixth Street. 1824 (2004.073.0001; includes accounts of Fairmount Water Works and many other activities of city government)
  38. 1820 Report of the Watering Committee, on the subject of obtaining water power from the River Schuylkill. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Street. 1820. 50 pp. (2004.057.0464h)
  39. 1820 Report of the Watering Committee, on the propriety of raising the dam, at Fair Mount. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Street. 1820. 8 pp. Handwritten at top of title page: “Navigation Company, 20 July 1820.” Handwritten notes on page 6 and page 8. Notes on page 8 seem to have been partially cut off when bound reports were trimmed. (2004.057.0464k)
  40. 1820 ( Jan. 18, 1821) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils, read January 18, 1821. Published by Order of the Councils, Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Street. 1821. (2004.057.0567g)
  41. 1821 (Jan. 24, 1822) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils, read January 14, 1822. Published by Order of the Councils, Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Street. 1822. (2004.057.0567h; see also 1836 below)
  42. 1822 (Jan. 9, 1823) NARRATIVE Report of the Watering Committee, to the Select & Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia, read January 9, 1823. Published by order of Councils. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley, 1823. 22 pp. with illustrations. [For better copy see 1836] (2004.057.0464L)
  43. 1822 (Jan. 9, 1823) FINANCIAL Report of the Watering Committee, to the Select & Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia, read January 9, 1823. Published by order of Councils. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley, 1823. 22 pp. with illustrations. (2004.057.0026)
  44. 1823 (Jan. 8, 1824) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils. Read January 8, 1824. Published by order of councils. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley, 1824. (2004.057.0028; see also 1836 below)
  45. 1824 (Jan. 13, 1825) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils. Read January 13, 1825. Published by order of councils. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley, 1825. (2004.057.0029)
  46. 1825 (Jan. 12, 1826) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils. Read January 12, 1826. Published by order of the councils. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley, 1826. (2004.057.0031)
  47. 1825 July Report of the Watering Committee on the disposal of the surplus water power of the river Schuylkill and the construction of a canal between the Schuylkill and Delaware. Published by order of the Councils. July, 1825. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey. July 1825. (2004.057.0579. Photocopy of original held by Jenkins Law Library, 833 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Bound in volume with call no. KFP289 .P55 1798)
  48. 1825 Report of the case of Alexander and others against the president, managers and company of the Schuylkill Navigation Company. Instituted to recover damages for the loss of the bridge at the Falls of Schuylkill, during the fresh [freshet, or flood] of the 21st of February, 1822. Tried before the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, on the 18th day of February, 1824. Reported for the Watering Committee. By John C. Lowber. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley, 1825. (2004.057.0578. Photocopy of original held by Jenkins Law Library, 833 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Bound in volume with call no. KFP289 .P55 1798.)
  49. 1825 Statement of the Expenditures of the City Commissioners, for the Year 1825. Read February 23, 1826. Published by order of the councils. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley (2004.073.0002; includes accounts of Fairmount Water Works and many other activities of city government)
  50. 1826 “The following is a copy of the contract for supplying the District of Spring Garden with Schuylkill Water. The contracts with the District of Southwark, and the Township of Northern Liberties, are in the same terms, mutatis mutandis.” Pages 339 to 343 of an unidentified volume. Each page headed with “Appendix-Contract.” Contract dated April 26, 1826. (2004.057.0464j)
  51. 1826 (Jan. 11, 1827) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils. Read January 11, 1827. Published by order of the councils. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley, 1827. (2004.057.0033)
  52. 1827 (Jan. 10, 1828) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils. Read January 10, 1828. Published by order of the councils. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley, 1828. (2004.057.0034)
  53. 1828 (Jan. 22, 1829) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils. Read January 22, 1829. Published by order of the councils. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley, 1829. (2004.057.0035)
  54. 1829 (Feb. 11, 1830) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils. Read February 11, 1830. Published by order of the councils. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley, 1830. (2004.057.0037)
  55. 1830 (Feb. 10, 1831) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils. Read February 10, 1831. Published by order of the councils. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley, 1831. (2004.057.0038)
  56. 1830 Report of the Watering Committee of the Select and Common Councils of Philadelphia Relative to the Termination of the Columbia and Philadelphia Rail Road. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley, 1830. (2004.057.0036)
  57. 1831 (Jan. 12, 1832) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils. Read January 12, 1832. Published by order of the councils. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 26, North Fifth Street. 1832. (2004.057.0039)
  58. 1832 Various contracts bound with the 1831 (Jan. 12, 1832) report, relating to supplying water from Fairmount to different municipalities adjacent to Philadelphia. With notes and drawings by Frederick Graff. Also several acts of assembly relating to protection of the water supply. (2004.057.0039)
  59. 1832 Report of the Committee of the Select and Common Councils of Philadelphia, on the navigation of the river Schuylkill. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, 26 North Fifth Street. 1832 (2004.057.0581)
  60. 1832 (Feb. 14, 1833) Annual report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. (Extracted from Hazard’s Register of Pennsylvania, Vol. 11, No. 11, March 16, 1833, pages 180-182. Not cataloged in PastPerfect. See also report for 1832-1833, which includes this report in a different form.)
  61. 1832-1833 Correspondence of the Watering Committee with the Schuylkill Navigation Company, in relation to the Fair Mount Water Works; together with the reports of the Watering Committee to Councils, made Dec’r. 1, 1832, and Feb’y. 11, 1833. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No 26 North Fifth Street. 1833. 47 pp. (2004.057.0464m)
  62. 1833 (Jan. 23, 1834) Annual report of the Watering Committee. Read Jan. 23, 1834. Published by order of the Councils. (Extracted from Hazard’s Register of Pennsylvania, Vol.. XIII. No. 8., February 22, 1834. No. 320, pp. 125 – 127. 2004.057.0574a and .0607)
  63. 1834 (1835 Jan. 22) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils. Read January 22, 1835. Published by order of the councils. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 26, North Fifth Street. 1832. (2004.057.0041)
  64. 1835 (Jan. 28 1836) Report of the Watering Committee to the Select and Common Councils. Read January 28, 1836. Published by order of the councils. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 26, North Fifth Street. 1836. (2004.057.0042)
  65. 1836 (and 1822 and 1823) Annual Report of the Watering Committee for the Year 1836, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia: to which are prefixed, The Report for the Year 1822, and an Extract from The Report for 1823. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 26, North Fifth Street. 1837. (2004.057.0043)
  66. 1837 (Jan. 4, 1838) Annual Report of the Watering Committee, for the Year 1837, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. January 4, 1838. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 26, North Fifth Street. 1836. (2004.057.0046)
  67. 1838 Annual report of the Watering Committee [for 1838] to the Select and Common Councils to the City of Philadelphia. (Copy extracted from Appendix XVIII of Journal of the Common Council of the City of Philadelphia for 1838-9….Philadelphia: J. Van Court, Printer, corner of Quarry and Bread street, 1839. 2011.002.0003)
  68. 1839 (Jan. 16, 1840) Annual report of the Watering Committee, for the year 1839, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. January 16, 1840. (Attached copy extracted from Appendix 30 of Journal of the Common Council of the City of Philadelphia for 1839-40….Philadelphia: J. Van Court, Printer, corner of Quarry and Bread street, 1840. 2011.002.0003. Also 2004.057.0580: Photocopy of original held by Jenkins Law Library, 833 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Bound in volume with call no. KFP289 .P55 1798.)
  69. 1840 (Jan. 14, 1841) Annual Report of the Watering Committee, for the Year 1840, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. January 14, 1841. Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 26, North Fifth Street. 1841. (2004.057.0047)
  70. 1841 (Jan. 20, 1842) Annual Report of the Watering Committee for the Year 1841, (to which is annexed a special report by said committee upon the subject of repairs to the Fair Mount [Fairmount] Dam) to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. January 20, 1842. Printed by L. R. Bailey, 26 North Fifth Street. [Annexed report: see below)
  71. 1841 Report of the Watering Committee, Relative to Repairing Fair Mount [Fairmount] Dam. Addressed to the Select and Common Councils. Philadelphia: Lydia R. Bailey, Printer. 1841. (17 pages with diagrams. 2004.057.0464n and 2004.057.0048b)
  72. 1842 (Jan. 5, 1843) Annual Report of the Watering Committee for the Year 1842, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. January 5, 1843. Philadelphia: Printed by L. R. Bailey, 26 North Fifth Street, 1843 (Copy attached extracted from Appendix 12 of the Journal of the Select Council of the City of Philadelphia for 1842-43. Philadelphia: J. Crissy, Printer, No. 4 Minot Street. 1843. Copy cataloged as 2004.057.0048c bound as “Annual Reports, Watering Committee, 1841-51.” )
  73. 1842 ( ) [Report from Watering Committee of the City of Philadelphia on the request for Spring Garden to form its own water works. With long explanation and legal opinions.
  74. 1843 Report of a Board of Survey, and opinions of Messrs. Graff and Erdmann, Relative to a proposed alteration of the plan adopted by councils for rebuilding the third or western section of the Fairmount Dam. J. Crissy, Printer. No. 4 Minor Street, 1843 (2004.057.0464o; also bound as “Annual Reports, Watering Committee, 1841-51.” 2004.057.0048d)
  75. 1843 (June 22) Reports of the Watering Committee [on the request by Spring Garden District to form its own water works], made June 22, 1843. Printed by order of councils. Philadelphia: J. Crissy, Printer. No. 4 Minor Street, 1843 (Copy attached extracted from Appendix 16 of the Journal of the Select Council of the City of Philadelphia for 1842-43. Philadelphia: J. Crissy, Printer, No. 4 Minot Street. 1843. Copy cataloged as 2004.057.0048e bound as “Annual Reports, Watering Committee, 1841-51.” )
  76. 1843 (Jan. 4, 1844) Annual Report of the Watering Committee for the Year 1843, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. January 4, 1844 (Bound as “Annual Reports, Watering Committee, 1841-51.” 2004.057.0048f)
  77. 1844 (Jan. 2, 1845) Annual Report of the Watering Committee for the Year 1844, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. January 2, 1845 (Bound as “Annual Reports, Watering Committee, 1841-51.” 2004.057.0048g)
  78. 1845 (Jan. 8, 1846) Annual Report of the Watering Committee for the Year 1845, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. January 8, 1846 (Bound as “Annual Reports, Watering Committee, 1841-51.” 2004.057.0048h)
  79. 1845 Report of the Joint Watering Committee of Northern Liberties & Spring Garden Water Works: together with the whole cost of the expense of keeping them in operation to December 31, 1845. Philadelphia: Barrett & Jones, Printers, 34 Carter’s Alley. 1846. 24 pp. (2004.057.0464p and 2004.057.048o)
  80. 1846 (Jan. 14, 1847) Annual Report of the Watering Committee for the Year 1846, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. January 14, 1847 (Bound as “Annual Reports, Watering Committee, 1841-51.” 2004.057.0048i)
  81. 1847 (Jan. 6, 1848) Annual Report of the Watering Committee for the Year 1847, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. January 6, 1848 (Bound as “Annual Reports, Watering Committee, 1841-51.” 2004.057.0048j)
  82. 1848 (Jan. 4, 1849) Annual Report of the Watering Committee for the Year 1848, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. January 4, 1849 (Bound as “Annual Reports, Watering Committee, 1841-51.” 2004.057.0048k)
  83. 1849 (Jan. 3, 1850) Annual Report of the Watering Committee for the Year 1849, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. January 3, 1850. Philadelphia. Crissy & Markley, Printers. 1850. (2004.057.0048L)
  84. 1850 (Jan. 2, 1851) Annual Report of the Watering Committee for the Year 1850, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. January 2, 1851. (2004.057.0048m)
  85. 1851 (Jan. 1, 1852) Annual Report of the Watering Committee for the Year 1851, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. January 1, 1852. (2004.057.0048n; 2004.057.0049)
  86. 1852 (Jan. 6, 1853) Annual Report of the Watering Committee for the Year 1852, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. January 6, 1853. Crissy & Markley, Printers, Goldsmiths Hall, Library street. (2004.057.0051; 2004.057.0050a)
  87. 1853 (Jan. 5, 1854) Annual Report of the Watering Committee for the Year 1853, to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. January 5, 1854. Crissy & Markley, Printers, Goldsmiths Hall, Library street. (2004.057.0052; 2004.057.0050b)
  88. 1853 A statistical and historical view of the Fairmount Water Works, with illustrations. Philadelphia: Published and for sale by B. Granville, Fairmount, Philadelphia. Crissy & Markley, Printers, Library Street. 1853. 32 pp. (2004.057.0464b)
  89. 1854 (April 19, 1855) Report of the Chief Engineer of the Department for supplying the city with water, on the condition of the works under his charge. Made to councils April 19, 1855. [and] Report of the Watering Committee with the accompanying reports of Frederic Graff, Esq., Superintendent of Fairmount Water Works, on Filtration, and Professors Booth and Garrett, on Schuylkill Water. Printed by order of Councils. Crissy & Markley, Printers, Goldsmiths Hall, Library Street. 1854 and 1855 (2004.057.0464q)
  90. 1855 (Jan. 17, 1856) Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Department for supplying the city with water, on the condition of the works under his charge. Made to councils January 17, 1856. Crissy & Markley, Printers, Goldsmiths Hall, Library street. (2004.057.0053; 2004.057.0050e)
  91. 1856 (Jan. 22, 1857) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Works of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to councils, January 22, 1857. Pennsylvanian Book and Job Printing Office, No. 46 South Third street, below Chestnut. (2004.057.0050f)
  92. 1857 (Jan. 21, 1858) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Works of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to councils, January 21, 1858. (2004.057.0050g)
  93. 1858 Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Works of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to councils. Collins, Printer, 705 Lodge alley. [1859] (2004.057.0050h)
  94. 1859 (Feb. 9, 1860) Department for supplying the city with water. History of the works, and Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Works of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to councils, February 9, 1860. C. E. Chichester, Printer, 316 Chestnut street. (2004.057.0050i; 2004.057.0054)
  95. 1860 (Feb. 21. 1861) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia, embracing the report upon experiments made with turbine wheels at Fairmount Works. Presented to councils February 21, 1861. Wm. F. Geddes, Printer, 320 Chestnut street. (2004.057.0055a; 2004.057.0050j; 2004.057.0476a and .0476b)
  96. 1861 (Jan. 18, 1862) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to councils January 16th, 1862. Wm. F. Geddes, Printer, 320 Chestnut street. (2004.057.0056; 2004.057.0050L)
  97. 1862 (Feb. 5, 1863) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to councils February 5, 1863. Andrew W. McClasky, Printer. (2004.057.0058; 2004.057.0057a)
  98. 1862 A communication from the Chief Engineer of the Water Department to the Select and Common Councils, in reference to supplying Schuylkill water to the district watered by the Kensington or Delaware Works, and on furnishing a better supply to the higher localities of the Fifteenth and Twentieth Wards, and equalizing the supply to the city east of the Schuylkill River. Philadelphia: James Gibbons, Printer, Fourth & Chestnut Sts. 1862. 8 pp. With front wrap, missing back wrap. (2004.057.0464r)
  99. 1863 (Jan. 28, 1864) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to councils January 28, 1864. Andrew W. McClasky, Printer. (2004.057.0059; 2004.057.0057b)
  100. 1863 Report made to the Commissioners of the Manayunk and Roxborough Water Company, on a supply of water for the district embraced under their charter, in the City of Philadelphia. By Henry P.M. Birkinbine, Engineer. Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley, Printers, Goldsmiths Hall, Library Street. 1863. 19 pp. (2004.057.0464s)
  101. 1864 March 31 Department for Supplying the City with Water. Report upon the extension of the Water Works of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to Councils March 31st, 1864. By Henry P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer. Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley, Printers, Goldsmiths Hall, Library Street. 1864. 10 pp. With original wraps. (2004.057.0464t)
  102. 1864 (Feb. 2, 1865) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to councils February 2, 1865. Wm. F. Geddes, Printer, 320 Chestnut street. 1865 (2004.057.0060, .0061, 0057c)
  103. 1865 Feb. 21 Department for Supplying the City with Water. Report upon the fire plugs of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to the Committee on Water February 21st, 1865. By Henry P. M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer. Philadelphia: William F. Geddes, Printer, No. 320 Chestnut Street. 1865. 11 pp. with illustrations. (2004.057.0464u)
  104. 1865 (Feb. 15, 1866) Department for Supplying the City with Water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to councils February 15, 1866. [and] Preliminary surveys for procuring a supply of water by gravitation, for the City of Philadelphia, from the Perkiomen, by H.P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer. Philadelphia: William F. Geddes, Printer, 320 Chestnut Street. 1866. 28 pp., with illustrations and index. (2004.057.0464w)
  105. 1866 Water supply of our great cities. By Rev. John W. Mears. Revised from articles in the “American Presbyterian,” Philadelphia, June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 1866. Published by order of the Water Committee of the Councils of Philadelphia. Printed by Alfred Martien. 24 pp. (2004.057.0464v)
  106. 1866 Department for Supplying the City with Water. Specifications for the engine house, boiler house & stack for the Roxborough Water Works, Philadelphia. Henry P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer. Philadelphia: William F. Geddes, Printer, 320 Chestnut Street. 1866. 12 pp., with various perspective views and diagrams that are in pieces and need to be reassembled and repaired. (2004.057.0464x)
  107. 1866 (Jan. 31, 1867) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to councils January 31, 1867. Wm. F. Geddes, Printer, 320 Chestnut street. (2004.057.0066, .0067, .0057f)
  108. 1867 Report of a special committee of the Commissioners of Fairmount Park, upon the preservation of the purity of the water supply. Philadelphia: King & Baird, printers, 407 Sansom Street. 1867 (not cataloged)
  109. 1867 April 16 Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia. [Made by Frederick Graff, Jr., April 16, 1867, to the Councils Committee on Water, regarding reservoirs of the Twenty-Fourth Ward.] 8 pp.(2004.057.0464y)
  110. 1867 (Feb. 20, 1868) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to councils February 20, 1868. E. C. Markley & Son, Printers, 422 Library Street, opposite the Post Office. (2004.057.0057g, .0068, .0069a)
  111. 1868 (Feb. 1869) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to councils February 1869. E. C. Markley & Son, Printers, 422 Library Street, opposite Post Office. (2004.057.0070, .0071, .0072, .0057h, 2004.057.0069b)
  112. 1868 Memorial to the Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania. J. B. Chandler, 306 & 308 Chestnut Street. [Act relative to the Schuylkill] (2004.057.0063h)
  113. 1869 Memorial of the Schuylkill Navigation Company to the Councils of the City of Philadelphia. September, 1869. Philadelphia: E.C. Markley & Son, Printers, 422 Library St., opposite Post Office. 1869. 8 pp. (2004.057.0464z)
  114. 1869 Communication from Frederic Graff, Chief Engineer of the Department for Supplying the City with Water. Philadelphia: EC Markley & Son, Printers, 422 Library St., opposite Post Office. 1869. 21 pp., with map of Fairmount Park over which several proposed reservoirs, discussed in the communication, are drawn in blue. (2004.057.0464aa)
  115. 1869 (Feb. 10, 1870) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to councils February 10, 1870. E. C. Markley & Son, Printers, 422 Library Street, opposite the Post Office. (2004.057.0073, .0057i, .0069c, .0477)
  116. 1870 (Feb. 6, 1871) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to councils February 16, 1871. E. C. Markley & Son, Printers, 422 Library Street, opposite the Post Office. (2004.057.0074, .0057j, .0069d, .0478)
  117. 1871 An ordinance for the government and protection of the Department for Supplying the City With Water. Approved June 1, 1871. 10 pp. (2004.057.0464bb; copy attached is from Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, June 6, 1871)
  118. 1871 (Feb. 8, 1872) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia. Presented to councils February 8, 1872. E. C. Markley & Son, Printers, 422 Library Street. (2004.057.0077, .0076a, .0479 to .0482)
  119. 1872 (Jan. 30, 1873) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department City of Philadelphia. Presented to councils January 30, 1873. E. C. Markley & Son, Printers, 422 Library Street. [See map showing East Park Reservoir at 2004.057.0081.001] (2004.057.0081, .0076b, .0080b)
  120. 1873 (March 5, 1874) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia for the year 1873. Presented to councils March 5, 1874. E. C. Markley & Son, Printers, 422 Library Street. (2004.057.0082, .0076c, .0080c, .0483)
  121. 1874 (April 8, 1875) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia for the year 1874. Presented to councils April 8, 1875. E. C. Markley & Son, Printers, 422 Library Street. (2004.057.0084, .0484a, .0076d)
  122. 1875 (Water Commission) Report on the water supply for the City of Philadelphia, made by the commission of engineers appointed by the Mayor under the ordinance of Councils, approved June 5, 1875. Philadelphia: EC Markley & Son, Printers, 422 Library Street. 1875. 143 pages with table of contents. Numerous illustrations. (2004.057.0464cc)
  123. 1875 (March 3) Results of Examinations of Water from the River Schuylkill by Charles M. Cresson, MD, 1875. Communicated by request to Dr. W. H. McFadden, Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia. March 3, 1875. Philadelphia: Wm. Mann, printer, 529 Market Street. 1875 (Not cataloged)
  124. 1875 (April 6, 1876) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia for the year 1875. Presented to councils April 6, 1876. (2004.057.0485, .0486, .0076e, .0089a, .0484b)
  125. 1875 Notes of Steam Engines in the United States about the year 1801, and a description of those in use at the Water Works of the City of Philadelphia. No title page. Signed by Fred. Graff, Philadelphia, June 8, 1876. 7 pp. plus illustrations. [A web search revealed that this was later published in the November 1876 issue of Scientific American.] (2004.057.0464a)
  126. 1875 The New System of Supplying Philadelphia with Water, from the Schuylkill and Wissahickon, without the aid of Steam Power, proposed by James Haworth. (2004.057.0083)
  127. 1876 (Oct. 2, 1877) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia for the year 1876. Presented to councils October 2, 1877. [Includes “Topographical map of Philadelphia showing water mains and street grades, to accompany report of Philadelphia Water Department, 1876.” Drawn by J. [John] E. Codman.] (2004.057.0088a, .0484c)
  128. 1877 (Oct. 8, 1878) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia for the year 1877. Presented to councils October 8, 1878. E. C. Markley & Son, Printers, 422 Library Street, 1878. (2004.057.0088b, .0487, .0093)
  129. 1877 An Alphabetical List of the Streets (Giving Their Present and Former Names) Upon Which Iron Water Pipes Which Have Been Laid [in Philadelphia] from the Year 1819 to December 31, 1876. Department for Supplying the City with Water. Chief Engineer, William H. McFadden. Compiled from Chief Engineers’ Reports, The Old Pipe Plans in the Department, and from Personal Investigation.
  130. 1878 Future water supply of Philadelphia [First Paper] by Henry P. M. Birkinbine. Excerpted from, The Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. CV (Third Series, Vol. LXXV), No. 5, May, 1878, pp. 305 – 318 (Source: Google Books) (Photocopy from Google Books at 2004.059.0633)
  131. 1878 The future water supply of Philadelphia. (Second Paper.) Henry P. M. Birkinbine. Reprinted from Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. CVI, 1878. 2004.057.0063f; Bound as “Reports, Water Supplies, Collection”. Photocopy from Google Books at 2004.059.0634)
  132. 1878 A discussion of the economic value and engineering mismanagement of the Fairmount Water Works of Philadelphia. By James Haworth. Philadelphia: 1878 (Not cataloged)
  133. 1878 (June 19, 1879) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia for the year 1878. Presented to councils June 19, 1879. Includes 2 maps: “Topographical map of Philadelphia showing present water distribution” and “Topographical map of Philadelphia showing proposed water distribution.” Both dated 1878, and drawn by J. [John] E. Codman. (2004.057.0088c, .0089b, .0488)
  134. 1879 Future water supply of Philadelphia. By Henry P. M. Birkinbine, M.E. Reprinted from the Journal of the Franklin Institute for November 1879. Philadelphia: Merrihew & Son, Printers, 135 North Third Street. 1879 (2004.063.0636)
  135. 1879 The Future Water Supply of the City of Philadelphia. James Smith. Reprinted from Journal of the Franklin Institute, October 1879. Includes “Map showing the line of the proposed aqueduct from Perkiomen Creek to Philadelphia.” Map shows drainage area of various creeks, including Perkiomen, Great Swamp, Ridge Valley, East Branch, Indian Run, Skippack, and Towamencin.
  136. 1879 (April 29, 1880) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia for the year 1879. Presented to councils April 29, 1880. John D. Avil, Telephone Print, 4042 Market St.
  137. 1880 (May 5, 1881) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia for the year 1880. Presented to Councils May 5, 1881.
  138. 1880 Report upon the contamination of the water of the Schuylkill River by the impurities which flow into it from the creek which receives the drainage from your mills, at the Falls of Schuylkill. By George F. Barker. Philadelphia: Times Print. House, 1880. (2004.057.0063c. Bound as “Reports, Water Supplies, Collection”)
  139. 1880 Second Treatise on the Decrease of Water in Springs, Creeks, and Rivers, contemporaneously with an Increase in Height of Floods in Cultivated Countries by Sir Gustav Wex, Imperial and Royal Ministerial Counsellor and Chief Engineer of the Improvement of the Danube, at Vienna, with six sheets of drawings from the papers of the Society of the Austrian Engineers and Architects, 1879 – Nos. 6 – 9. Translated by G. Weitzel, Major of Engineers, Brevet Maj. Gen. U.S.A (The attached version includes both the First Treatise and the Second Treatise, which begins on p. 72 of the PDF]
  140. 1880 Philadelphia water supply. Report of the Commission of 1878. Showing that the Fairmount Water works realize less than thirty per cent of their proper effect – and even this after the machinery had been put in repair for for the experiments of the Commission [pp 94 and 107]. Edited by James Haworth. Philadelphia, October 1880. Published by the Author. (Not cataloged in Past Perfect)
  141. 1881 (March 2, 1882) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia for the year 1881. Presented to councils March 2, 1882. (2004.057.0097)
  142. 1882 (March 1883) Department for supplying the city with water. Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia for the year 1882. Presented to councils March 1883.
  143. 1883 (April 1884) Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Philadelphia Water Department for the year 1883. Presented to councils April, 1884.
  144. 1884 Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Philadelphia Water Department for 1884. Printed by Dunlap & Clarke, Filbert St. [In this volume: 1. “Report of a Sanitary Survey of the Schuylkill Valley,” by Dana C. Barber, Assistant Engineer, for Col. William Ludlow, Chief Engineer, February 28, 1885.” 2. “The Present Water Supply,” focusing mainly on the Schuylkill River.]
  145. 1885 Eighty-fourth Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Philadelphia Water Department for the Year 1885. Dunlap & Clarke, Printers, 819-21 Filbert Street
  146. 1885 Water Supply of the New City Hall. Report of the Committee on Water Supply of the New City Hall, Philadelphia; together with the Report of Howard Murphy, C.E., Hydraulic engineer to the Commissioners for the erection of the New Public Buildings, therein recommended for adoption, and the Action of the Commissioners thereon, February 3, 1885.
  147. 1886 Eighty-fifth Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Philadelphia Water Department for the Year 1886. Philadelphia: Dunlap & Clarke, Printers and Binders, 819-21 Filbert Street. 1887.
  148. 1886 The Sanitary Era, New York, August 14, 1886. Year 1, No. 3. Published Weekly.
  149. 1887 First Annual Message of Edwin H. Fitler, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with Annual Report of Louis Wagner, Director of the Department of Public Works, and Eighty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Water for the year ending December 31, 1887. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1888. Dunlap & Clarke, Printers and Binders, 819-21 Filbert Street
  150. 1888 Second Annual Message of Edwin H. Fitler, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with Annual Report of Louis Wagner, Director of the Department of Public Works, and Eighty-sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Water for the year ending December 31, 1888. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1889. Dunlap & Clarke, Printers and Binders, 819-21 Filbert Street
  151. 1889 Eighty-eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1889, and Third Annual Message of Edwin H. Fitler, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with Annual Report of Louis Wagner, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1890.
  152. 1889 Description of the property of the Schuylkill Water Co. and other facts in connection with the proposed water supply of the City of Philadelphia. Dunlap & Clarke, Printers and Binders, 817, 819, and 821 Filbert Street. (2004.057.0110)
  153. 1890 Eighty-ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1890, and Fourth Annual Message of Edwin H. Fitler, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with Annual Report of Louis Wagner, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1891. Dando Printing and Publishing Company, 34 South Third Street. (2004.057.0113)
  154. 1891 Ninetieth Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1891, and First Annual Message of Edwin S. Stuart, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with Annual Report of James H. Windrim, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1892. Dunlap & Clarke, Printers and Binders, Nos. 1306-8-10 Filbert St. (2004.057.0116)
  155. 1892 Ninety-first Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1892, and Second Annual Message of Edwin S. Stuart, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with Annual Report of James H. Windrim, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1893. Dunlap Printing Co., 1306-8-10 Filbert Street. (2004.057.0017. Attached file, from Google Books, had no title page; this was added from the PWD copy, and the illustrations of the process of lifting the water main were also added)
  156. 1893 Ninety-second Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1893, and Third Annual Message of Edwin S. Stuart, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with Annual Report of James H. Windrim, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1894. Dunlap Printing Co., 1306-8-10 Filbert Street. (2004.057.0121)
  157. 1894 Ninety-third Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1894, and Fourth Annual Message of Edwin S. Stuart, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with Annual Report of James H. Windrim, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1895. Dunlap Printing Co., 1306-8-10 Filbert Street (2004.057.0125)
  158. 1895 Ninety-fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1895, and First Annual Message of Charles F. Warwick, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with Annual Report of Thomas M. Thompson, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1896. Dunlap Printing Co., 1306-8-10 Filbert Street (2004.057.0127)
  159. 1896 Second Annual Message of Charles F. Warwick, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with Annual Report of Thomas M. Thompson, Director of the Department of Public Works and the Bureau of Water for the year ending December 31, 1896. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1897. Dunlap Printing Co., 1306-8-10 Filbert Street (2004.057.0131)
  160. 1897 Third Annual Message of Charles F. Warwick, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with Annual Report of Thomas M. Thompson, Director of the Department of Public Works and the Bureau of Water for the year ending December 31, 1897. Dunlap Printing Co., 1306-8-10 Filbert Street (2004.057.0134)
  161. 1898 City of Philadelphia, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Water, Pipe Laid During the Year 1898. Dunlap Printing Co., 1332 – 1336 Cherry Street
  162. 1898 Tests of Mechanical Meters During 1896 and 1897. City of Philadelphia. Department of Public Works, Bureau of Water. Philadelphia: Detre & Blackburn, 35 North Seventh Street, 1898
  163. 1898 Fourth Annual Message of Charles F. Warwick, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with Annual Reports of Thomas M. Thompson, Director of the Department of Public Works, asnd of the chiefs of Bureaus in constituting said Department, for the year ending December 31, 1898. Vol. III. Philadelphia: Dunlap Printing Co., 1306-8-10 Filbert Street, 1899. [Only Mayor’s message, report of Department of Public Works, and Water Department report are included in this edited version of the volume. To view the entire book, click the Google Books link on the second page of the pdf.] (2004.057.0138)
  164. 1898 Documents Relating to the Pollution of the Schuylkill River, Bureau of Water, Philadelphia, 1898. Dunlap Printing Co., 1306-8-10 Filbert Street (2004.057.0142)
  165. 1899 Ninety-seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1899, and First Annual Message of Samuel H. Ashbridge, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with Annual Report of William C. Haddock, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1900. Philadelphia: Dunlap Printing Company, 1332-1336 Cherry Street. (2004.057.0145)
  166. 1899 City of Philadelphia, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Water, Pipe Laid During the Year 1899. Dunlap Printing Co., 1332 – 1336 Cherry Street
  167. 1899 Report to the Hon. Samuel H. Ashbridge, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, on the Extension and Improvement of the Water Supply of the City of Philadelphia (2004.057.0138)
  168. 1900 Ninety-eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1900, and Second Annual Message of Samuel H. Ashbridge, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with Annual Report of William C. Haddock, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1901.Dunlap Printing Company, 1332-1336 Cherry Street (2004.057.0149)
  169. 1901 Ninety-ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1901, and Third Annual Message of Samuel H. Ashbridge, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with Annual Report of William C. Haddock, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1902. Dunlap Printing Company, 1332-1336 Cherry Street. [Volume also contains 1900 annual report. See bookmarks for 1901 title page] (2004.057.0152)
  170. 1901 An Ordinance: Regulating the schedule and meter charges for water and establishing a minimum rate proportionate to the size of the connection to the main
  171. 1902 One Hundred and First Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1902, and Fourth Annual Message of Samuel H. Ashbridge, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with Annual Report of William C. Haddock, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1903. Dunlap Printing Company, 1332-1336 Cherry Street (2004.057.0155)
  172. 1903 One Hundred and Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1903, and First Annual Message of John Weaver, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with the Annual Report of Peter E. Costello, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1904. Dunlap Printing Company, 1332-1338 Cherry Street (2004.057.0157 and 160; attached PDF includes water and filtration bureau reports)
  173. 1904 One Hundred and Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1904, and Second Annual Message of John Weaver, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with the Annual Report of Peter E. Costello, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1905. Dunlap Printing Company, 1332-1338 Cherry Street (2004.057.0163 and 166; attached PDF includes water and filtration bureau reports)
  174. 1905 One Hundred and Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1905, and Third Annual Message of John Weaver, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with the Annual Report of A. Lincoln Acker, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1906. Dunlap Printing Company, 1332-1338 Cherry Street (2004.057.0167 and 171; attached PDF includes water and filtration bureau reports)
  175. 1906 One Hundred and Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1906, and Fourth Annual Message of John Weaver, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with the Annual Report of John R. Hathaway, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1907. Dunlap Printing Company, 1332-1338 Cherry Street (2004.057.0172; attached PDF includes water and filtration bureau reports)
  176. 1907 One Hundred and Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1907, and First Annual Message of John E. Reyburn, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, with the Annual Report of George R. Stearns, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1908. Dunlap Printing Company, 1332-1338 Cherry Street (2004.057.0177)
  177. 1908 One Hundred and Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1908, and Annual Report of George R. Stearns, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1909. Dunlap Printing Company, 1332-1338 Cherry Street (2004.057.0181)
  178. 1909 One Hundred and Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1909, and Annual Report of George R. Stearns, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1910. Dunlap Printing Company, 1315-1337 Cherry Street (2004.057.0186; attached PDF has scans of fold outs)
  179. 1909 Description of the Filtration Works and Pumping Stations also Brief Historical Review of the Water Supply 1789 – 1900. City of Philadelphia, John E. Reyburn, Mayor, Department of Public Works, George R. Stearns, Director, Bureau of Water, Fred. C. Dunlap, Chief, 1909 (2004.057.0184)
  180. 1910 One Hundred and Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1910, and Annual Report of George R. Stearns, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1911. Dunlap Printing Company, 1315-1329 Cherry Street (2004.057.0188; attached PDF has scans of fold outs)
  181. 1911 One Hundred and Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, for the year ending December 31, 1911, and Annual Report of Morris L. Cooke, Director of the Department of Public Works. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1912. Dunlap Printing Company, 1315-1329 Cherry Street (2004.057.0190)
  182. 1912 A Great Industrial Plant and its Owners. Water Supply Educational Series – Booklet No. 1 (2004.057.0191)
  183. 1912 Annual Report of the Director of the Department of Public Works and of the Chief of the Bureau of Water for the Year Ending December 31, 1912. Issued by the City of Philadelphia, 1913. Dunlap Printing Company, 1315-1329 Cherry Street (2004.057.0192attached PDF has scans of fold outs)
  184. 1913 Annual Report of the Bureau of Water of the City of Philadelphia for the Year Ending December 31, 1913. Issued by the City of Philadelphia. (2004.057.0195)
  185. 1914 Bureau of Water: A Review of the Year’s Work (1914). With Five Points to Remember. (2004.057.0197)
  186. 1915 Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, Department of Public Works of the City of Philadelphia for the year 1915. Issued by the City of Philadelphia. (2004.057.0198)
  187. 1916 Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, Department of Public Works of the City of Philadelphia for the year ending December 31, 1916. Issued by the City of Philadelphia. (2004.057.0200)
  188. 1917 Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, Department of Public Works of the City of Philadelphia for the year ending December 31, 1917. Issued by the City of Philadelphia. (2004.057.0202)
  189. 1918 Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, Department of Public Works of the City of Philadelphia for the year ending December 31, 1918. Issued by the City of Philadelphia. Includes map showing “Water supply districts of the City of Philadelphia, Jan. 1, 1919” (2004.057.0205)
  190. 1919 Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, Department of Public Works of the City of Philadelphia for the year ending December 31, 1919. Issued by the City of Philadelphia. (2004.057.0208)
  191. 1920 Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, Department of Public Works of the City of Philadelphia for the year ending December 31, 1920. Issued by the City of Philadelphia. (2004.057.0211)
  192. 1920 Report to the Honorable J. Hampton Moore, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, on Extensions and Improvements of the Present Water Works System Immediately Necessary, together with, A Plan for Future Development designed to Meet the Needs of Philadelphia for the Next Fifty Years (2004.057.0210)
  193. 1920 Schedule of Charges for Use of Water by Appliances and Meters. Bureau of Water, Department of Public Works. Information. City of Philadelphia. (2004.057.0209)
  194. 1921 Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, Department of Public Works of the City of Philadelphia for the year ending December 31, 1921. Issued by the City of Philadelphia. (2004.057.0212)
  195. 1922 Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, Department of Public Works of the City of Philadelphia for the year ending December 31, 1922. Issued by the City of Philadelphia. (2004.057.0213)
  196. 1923 Annual Report of the Bureau of Water, Department of Public Works of the City of Philadelphia for the year ending December 31, 1923. Issued by the City of Philadelphia. (2004.057.0214)
  197. 1924 Annual Report – 1924 (2004.057.0215r; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  198. 1924 Mayor’s Message and Report of Water Commission on Future Water Supply for the City of Philadelphia, Transmitted to Council, May 29, 1924.(2004.057.0133e)
  199. 1924 Mayor’s Message and Supplemental Report of Water Commission on Future Water Supply for the City of Philadelphia, Transmitted to Council, September 18, 1924. (2004.057.0133f)
  200. 1925 Annual Report – 1925 (2004.057.0215q; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  201. 1926 Annual Report – 1926 (2004.057.0215p; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  202. 1927 Annual Report – 1927 (2004.057.0215o; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  203. 1928 Bureau of Water, Annual Report – 1928 (2004.057.0215n; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  204. 1929 Annual Report – 1929 (2004.057.0215m; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  205. 1930 Annual Report – 1930 (2004.057.0215l; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  206. 1931 Bureau of Water, Annual Report – 1931 (2004.057.0215f; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  207. 1932 Annual Report – 1932 (2004.057.0215e; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  208. 1933 Annual Report – 1933 (2004.057.0215k; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  209. 1934 Bureau of Water, Annual Report – 1934 (2004.057.0215j; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  210. 1935 Report of Proceedings for the Year 1935 (2004.057.0215i; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  211. 1936 Report of Proceedings for the Year 1936 (2004.057.0215h; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  212. 1937 Report of Proceedings for the Year 1937 (2004.057.0215g; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  213. 1938 Bureau of Water Report of Proceedings for the Year 1938 (2004.057.0215d; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  214. 1939 Bureau of Water Report of Proceedings for the Year 1939 (2004.057.0215c; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  215. 1940 Bureau of Water Report of Proceedings for the Year 1940 (2004.057.0215b; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  216. 1941 1941 Annual Report, Bureau of Water (2004.057.0215a; this manuscript report may have been printed in the Mayor’s Message for this year)
  217. ……..
  218. 1962 City of Philadelphia, Water Department, Annual Report, 1962 (2004.057.0294)
  219. 1968-1969 City of Philadelphia, Water Department, Biennial Report, 1968 and 1969 (2004.057.0336)
  220. 1969-1971 City of Philadelphia, Water Department, Biennial Report, July 1, 1969 to June 30, 1971. (2004.057.0347)
  221. 1971-1973 City of Philadelphia, Water Department, Biennial Report, July 1, 1971 to June 30, 1973. (2004.057.0355)
  222. 1973-1975 Water for Tomorrow, Looking Ahead with the Philadelphia Water Department, 1973 – 1975. A Biennial Report for the Two Fiscal Years from July 1, 1973 to June 30, 1975, with significant developments updated to December 31, 1975. (2004.057.0293j)
  223. 1981 Philadelphia Water Department, Annual Report, Fiscal 1981. (2004.057.0374)
  224. 1982 Philadelphia Water Department, Annual Report, Fiscal 1982. (2004.057.0376)
  225. 1983 Philadelphia Water Department, Annual Report, Fiscal 1983 (2004.057.0377)
  226. 1983 Clean streams for Philadelphia. The City’s billion dollar river clean-up (2004.059.0210)
  227. 1985 Philadelphia Water Department, 1985 Annual Report (2004.057.0379)
  228. 1986 The Philadelphia Water Department, 1986 Annual Report (2004.057.0380)
  229. 1987 The Philadelphia Water Department, 1987 Annual Report (2004.057.0383)
  230. 1988 1988 Annual Report, Philadelphia Water Department (2004.057.0384)
  231. 1989 Philadelphia Water Department, 1989 Annual Report (2004.057.0385)
  232. 1991 Philadelphia Water Department, 1991 Annual Report (2004.057.0386)
  233. 1992 1992 Philadelphia Water Department Executive Summary (2004.057.0387)

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