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Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)
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Chestnut Street Bridge, on the Schuylkill River (Picturesque America)
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Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873
![Thomas Mill Covered Bridge on the Wissahickon](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/Wissahickon_CoveredBr_PictAm_AEL-scaled.jpg?w=300)
Thomas Mill Covered Bridge over Wissahickon Creek (Picturesque America)
![Queen Lane Reservoir pumping station](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/2009.002.0085.jpg?w=300)
Queen Lane Pumping Station, proposed design
![Fairmount](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/2016.002.0037-scaled.jpg?w=300)
Fairmount Water Works, about 1860
![Philadelphia Water Department Fire Hydrant](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/2004.057.0105.013-scaled.jpg?w=300)
Philadelphia Water Department Fire Hydrant
![Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, 1869, Schuylkill flood, 1869](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/2008.001.0045B-scaled.jpg?w=300)
Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Schuylkill Flood 1869
![Fountain and stand-pipe, 1875 (2004.007.0006)](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/2004.007.0006-scaled.jpg?w=300)