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

1949 National Board of Fire Underwriters map

Fire Underwriters’ Map, 1949

A man in glasses listening to the street through stethoscopes (2012.002.0043)

Listening for leaks

Southwest Sewage Treatment Plant under construction, 1949 (from Water & Sewer Course Module 7)

Southwest Sewage Treatment Plant under construction, 1949

Pumping stations after Philadelphia's incorporation, 1854

Main Pumping Stations for Philadelphia Drinking Water

Color image of a sheet of newsprint showing headlines

Holmesburg Scrapbooks, Book 5

Black-and-white image shows black text on a white background

Holmesburg Scrapbooks, Introduction and Table of Contents

Image shows a black-and-white drawing of a creek with dotted lines indicating where changes will be made

“A Snake That Will Be Straightened Out,” map of Frankford Creek with proposed changes, 1949

DeLaval Beauty Shots 6

Electric Pump Installations at Lardner’s Point Pumping Station

Philadelphia Standard Distribution Valve (20040570221083)

Philadelphia Standard Distribution Valve

36. [Laboratory] Left to right: raw water, settled water, filtered water, ca. 1943

36. [Laboratory] Left to right: raw water, settled water, filtered water, ca. 1943

35. [Laboratory] Turbidity test ca. 1943

35. [Laboratory] Turbidity test ca. 1943

33. [Laboratory] Presumptive coli test ca. 1943

33. [Laboratory] Presumptive coli test