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Sewer crawler Clarence Baskerville checks tunnel for leaks. He has faced the dangers of working in sewers for past three years, 1971
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Norman Lofton inspects sewer at Ditman and Sheffield, 1987
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Inspector looking for problems in sewer
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Sewer crawler Tom Cross, heading down the manhole at 26th and Grays Ferry, 1982
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General view of sewer looking up manhole as other Water Dept. personnel look down.
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Joe Cerrone, Inspector, Industrial Waste Unit, PWD, enters storm drain to search for source of oil spill, 1989
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Norman Lofton enters manhole at Ditman and Sheffield, 1987
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Sewer worker Anthony Holston enters sewer, 1990
![Black and white photo of a worker with darker skin, wearing protective clothing, gloves, and a hard hat with the number 25 on the front, reaching up out of a sewer manhole, only head, shoulders, and left arm visible.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/DU08_20050070031.jpg?w=300)
Manholes like this give access to city’s sewer system, 1961
![Black and white photo of a worker with darker skin, wearing protective clothing, gloves, and a hard hat with the number 25 on the front, reaching up out of a sewer manhole, only head, shoulders, and left arm visible.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/DU08_20050070031.jpg?w=300)
Sewer Inspections: Vintage Images
![Philadelphia Underground, Jan. 29, 1961](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer_Sun__Jan_29__1961_-scaled.jpg?w=300)