Collections City Archives of Philadelphia

Bridge Street Draw. General view of old draw, ca 1896

Finished Upper Roxborough filters, 1903

Finished Upper Roxborough filters, 1903

Six people and dozens of sandbags performing a load test on a concrete pipe, 1914

Pipe Test, 1914

Photo of Allegheny Avenue Sewer, Pier 126, Delaware River, July 15, 1918

Allegheny Avenue Sewer at Pier 126, 1918

Photo of a work crew constructing a sewer in Rock Run, Tacony Creek, Philadelphia

Sewer construction, Rock Run, 1922

A list of rules governing the sanitary maintenance of privy vaults in Philadelphia in 1915

Privy Regulations

Black-and-white photo of privies, waterless wells used to collect human waste

Privies, Emerald Street, 1919