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Outhouse over Schuylkill near Pottstown

Outhouse over the Schuylkill near Pottstown

Nine visiting nurses ready for work, ca. 1909

Nine visiting nurses ready for work, ca. 1909

Spring Garden water testing lab, 1901

Bureau of Water Spring Garden Testing Station, 1901

Immigrant family, ca. 1900

Immigrant family, ca. 1900, nurse in black

Northern Liberties and Spring Garden Water Works

Northern Liberties and Spring Garden Water Works

Apparatus for testing Model Turbine Engines used at Fairmount, 1859-60

Apparatus for testing model turbine wheels used at Fairmount, 1859-60

Duplex Pumping Engine, Belmont Works

Duplex Pumping Engine, Belmont Works

Belmont Works Engine House

Engine House of the Belmont Works

DeLaval Beauty Shots 6

Electric Pump Installations at Lardner’s Point Pumping Station

Fairmount, bird's eye view from Lemon Hill (detail)

Fairmount Park, bird’s eye view from Lemon Hill, detail

Bird's eye view of Delaware River

Bird’s eye view of Delaware River and Philadelphia, about 1840

Sketch of aquarium in former FWW building, interior, ca. 1950