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

Fairmount Water Works and the Lemon Hill Observatory

City of Reading map, 1872

Street map of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1872

Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872

Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873

Philadelphia from Belmont, West Park (Picturesque America)

Schuylkill River above Belmont (Picturesque America)

Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)

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

Appletons' Journal Schuylkill, 1869

Fairmount and Schuylkill, Appletons’ Journal, 1869

Wire Bridge at Fairmount

Schuylkill Navigation lock at Fairmount (Picturesque America)

Schuylkill River at Landsdowne

Schuylkill River at Lansdowne (Picturesque America)

Schuylkill River at Rockland Landing (Picturesque America)