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Water History: Repurposing Old Infrastructure
Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872
Fire Underwriters’ Map, 1949
Noll’s New Official Guide Map of Philadelphia, 1897
Fairmount Dam Fish Ladder diagram
Fairmount Dam Fishway sign
Otter at Fairmount Water Works fishcam, 2005
PWD’s Joe Perillo holds an American shad near the Fairmount Fishway
Last gasp of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956
Wissahickon Pipe Aqueduct, Roxborough to Mt. Airy, 1868
Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.
Diagram from sewage treatment plan for Philadelphia, 1912
Queen Lane Pumping Station, proposed design
Centre Square Water Works, Frederick Graff, Sr. Plans, 1799
Pipeline being laid in Wissahickon Avenue
Dauphin and Sydenham car crash, Jan. 17, 1978
Still photo from a video sewer inspection, 2000
Mill Creek Sewer under construction, 1883
Wooden Water Pipe, removed from Market Street, December 6, 1901
The Water Works in Centre Square, Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Hospital in Pine Street
Pennypack Park and Creek map, Roland Williams, 2005
69th St. Sewer and Culvert across Lansdowne AVe.
Ventilating cover for manholes
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