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

Schuylkill River above Belmont (Picturesque America)

Chestnut Street Bridge, on the Schuylkill River (Picturesque America)

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

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

Wire Bridge at Fairmount

Schuylkill Navigation lock at Fairmount (Picturesque America)

Mill Creek Sewer under construction. Several men standing beside a giant partially constructed sewer pipe.

Mill Creek Sewer under construction, 1883

Black-and-white image of a brick sewer outlet that drains into a creek with trees and a hill behind it

Thomas Run sewer outlet at Cobbs Creek

Black-and-white image showing a man standing in a large concrete half-pipe

Thomas Run sewer outlet during construction

Plan of the City of Philadelphia and Adjoining Districts, 1830

Plan of the City of Philadelphia and Adjoining Districts, 1830

Outline Map of the County and City of Philadelphia and Vicinity (wd000516)

Outline Map of the County and City of Philadelphia and Vicinity, 1883

69th St. Sewer and Culvert across Lansdowne

69th St. Sewer and Culvert across Lansdowne AVe.

View from the Inclined Plane, near Philadelphia, 1838

View from the Inclined Plane near Philadelphia, 1838