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

Houses on an abutment, from The Waffle

The Waffle: Water History Video 6

Several people stand atop the Aramingo Sewer during construction, June 7, 1900

Creek to Sewer: Water History Video 1

High Water: An Informal History of Flooding in Philadelphia

History of Water in Roxborough: A talk by Adam Levine

Laboratory Alkalinity test, ca. 1943

Making It Safe to Drink: Water History Video 2

Rebirth of the Rivers: Water History Video 3

Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works

Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873

Ghosts of Water in Fairmount Park, Part II, with Adam Levine