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

Overhead image of the Fairmount Dam Fishway and the surrounding area, including the Art Museum, Boathouse Row and the Fairmount Water Works

Fairmount Dam Fish Ladder diagram

The Fairmount Dam Fishway sign, detailing how the fishway works and showing maps and images of fish migration and barriers along the Schuylkill River.

Fairmount Dam Fishway sign

PWD's Jason Cruz holds a striped bass

PWD’s Jay Cruz with a striped bass

An otter at the Fairmount Fishcam in 2005

Otter at Fairmount Water Works fishcam, 2005

Photo of a bearded man on a boat holding an American shad

PWD’s Joe Perillo holds an American shad near the Fairmount Fishway

Chart of deaths from typhoid fever in Philadelphia from 1860 to 1936

Typhoid fever deaths, 1860-1936

Pumping stations after Philadelphia's incorporation, 1854

Main Pumping Stations for Philadelphia Drinking Water

Hudson’s Square – A Place Through Time, Archeological Data Recovery on Block 2 of Independence Mall

Pennypack Park and Creek map, Roland Williams, 2005

Pennypack Park and Creek map, Roland Williams, 2005

Journey of your Flush map

The Journey of Your Flush

Hands holding a silver river herring fish

River herring from the Schuylkill

PWD's Joe Perillo with a large striped bass

Joe Perillo with a large Schuylkill striper in 2015