Items

Images, maps, documents, objects, whatever.

Play Ball! Meet the 1960 PWD Softball Team

History of Philadelphia’s Sewers and Waterways (Preservation Alliance)

Schuylkill River watershed, population in 1904

Water History: Repurposing Old Infrastructure

Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works

PWD Celebrates Black History Month

Philadelphia harbor and rivers chart with points of interest

Map of Philadelphia Harbor, Delaware and Schuylkill, 1912

Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800

Frankford Pumping Station, ca. 1900

Frankford Pumping Station Plans and Diagrams, 1870s

Photograph of Roberts Mill on Wingohocking Creek in Germantown, built in the late 17th century. (Photograph by J. C. Browne, 1871. Castner Collection/Free Library of Philadelphia)

Roberts Mill, Wingohocking Creek, 1871

Aqueduct carrying sewer over Creishem Creek, in the Wissahickon Valley, 1892

Cresheim Aqueduct

City of Reading map, 1872

Street map of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1872

Portraits of Chieftains Tishcohan (left) and Lapowinsa (right), painted around the time of the Walking Purchase treaty, circa 1735

Portraits of Lenape chiefs Tishcohan (left) and Lapowinsa (right), painted around the time of the Walking Purchase treaty, circa 1737

2008 map showing historic Dock Creek with adjacent historical features

Map of Historic Dock Creek

Colored ink drawing showing drainage areas and sewer inlets in Philaelphia in the early 19th century

Drainage area plan, early 19th century

A hand-pumped fire engine made in Philadelphia in 1792. Water was stored in the copper lined wooden boxes, and two men (one pumping on each handle) forced the water up through the pipe on top, into a hose. (It can be assumed that a bucket brigade was used to keep the boxes filled.)

Hand-pumped fire engine, 1792

Fire axes and fire buckets were standard fire-fighting equipment in the 18th century. The buckets carried water; the axes were used to break into burning buildings. The speaking trumpet at the bottom was used to communicate with firefighters at the scene.

Fire equipment, late 18th century

Pen-and-ink drawing depicting the plan for stormwater regulation of Sassafras (Race) Street in Philadelphia in 1819

Sassafras (Race) Street Survey, 1819

1848 Pine Street sewer plan showing an outlet into the Delaware River

Pine Street sewer plan, 1848

Old U. S. Navy Yard

Old U. S. Navy Yard

Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872

Lower Dublin township map

Lower Dublin township in 1848

Dripps map of Frankford and vicinity, 1849

Pennypack Park and Creek map, Roland Williams, 2005

Pennypack Park Map