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

Water History: Repurposing Old Infrastructure

Overhead image of the Fairmount Dam Fishway and the surrounding area, including the Art Museum, Boathouse Row and the Fairmount Water Works

Fairmount Dam Fish Ladder diagram

A section of wooden water pipe, long out of service, removed from a Philadelphia street in 1901. It had been installed about 1801.

Wooden Water Pipe, removed from Market Street, December 6, 1901

Bethlehem Water Works, 2011

Pennypack Park and Creek map, Roland Williams, 2005

Pennypack Park and Creek map, Roland Williams, 2005

Ventilating cover for manholes

Ventilating cover for manholes

Torresdale Conduit work gang, 1906

Torresdale Conduit work gang, 12/18/1906

Cumberland Street pipeline, 1907

Bureau of Water, Cumberland, west of 13th Street, pipe line, 1907

Oak Lane Reservoir pipeline, 1904

Oak Lane Reservoir pipeline, 1904

State Street pipeline construction

State Street pipeline construction, 1904

Finished Upper Roxborough filters, 1903

Finished Upper Roxborough filters, 1903

Upper Roxborough filter beds

Upper Roxborough filter beds under construction, July 1902