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

Yellow Fever, Philadelphia, 1793

Yellow Fever in Philadelphia, 1793

Pumping stations after Philadelphia's incorporation, 1854

Main Pumping Stations for Philadelphia Drinking Water

Black-and-white image of a graph with several captions

Diagram Showing Rate Between Bulk of Wet Sludge and Its Percentage Moisture

Water, Water Everywhere – Philadelphia Record, 1937-03-14

Nine visiting nurses ready for work, ca. 1909

Nine visiting nurses ready for work, ca. 1909

Standard Philadelphia (B) Hydrant (2004.057.022.1075)

Standard Philadelphia (B) Hydrant

Sewage collection and disposal plan

Plan for the Collection, Purification and Disposal of the Sewage of the City of Philadelphia, 1912

Black-and-white newspaper ad advertising "Delightfully Romantic Schuylkill Excursions"

Schuylkill steamship excursions ad, 1852

Laboratory Alkalinity test, ca. 1943

Laboratory Alkalinity test, ca. 1943

New Plan of Philadelphia, John A. Paxton, 1811

Philadelphia World's Greatest Work Shop & Historic Convention City, 1930

Philadelphia World’s Greatest Work Shop 1930

PWD's Lance Butler holds a flathead catfish caught in the Schuylkill River

PWD’s Lance Butler with an invasive flathead catfish