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

Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872

Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)

Wire Bridge at Fairmount

Schuylkill Navigation lock at Fairmount, 1873

Queen Lane Reservoir pumping station

Queen Lane Pumping Station, proposed design

Black-and-white image of the title page of a government report

Perkiomen Water Supply Surveys, 1866

Black-and-white image of workers in a pit with a sewer opening behind them and text

Frankford Creek: Sad History of an Urban Stream title page

International Exhibition situation plan, 1876

Centennial Exhibition situation plan, 1876

Outhouse over Schuylkill near Pottstown

Outhouse over the Schuylkill near Pottstown

Fairmount

Fairmount Water Works, about 1860

Pegg's Run

Pegg’s Run, Northern Liberties (Watson’s Annals)