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Historic resources from our archives - images, maps, documents, and more.

A Brief History of Water in Northwest Philadelphia

Two views on the water supply, 1939

High Water: An Informal History of Flooding in Philadelphia

Repurposing Old Infrastructure: Water History Video 5

Frankford Pumping Station, ca. 1900

Frankford Pumping Station Plans and Diagrams, 1870s

Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872

Lower Dublin township map

Lower Dublin Township, Philadelphia County, in 1848

Navy Yard on the Delaware River (Picturesque America)

Appletons' Journal Schuylkill, 1869

Fairmount and Schuylkill, Appletons’ Journal, 1869

Black-and-white etching of the Wire Bridge at Fairmount, 1873

Wire Bridge at Fairmount, with canal lock and esplanade (Picturesque America)

Photo of four men standing on the banks of the Schuylkill River on the last day of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956

Last gasp of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956

Pipe Aqueduct across Wissahickon Valley, 1868 (2004.057.0074.004)

Wissahickon Pipe Aqueduct, Roxborough to Mt. Airy, 1868