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Water History: Rebirth of the Rivers
Fairmount Gardens with the Schuylkill Bridge, 1839
Fairmount Water Works, W.H. Bartlett, 1839
Fairmount Water Works and the Schuylkill River, 1838
Centre Square Engine House, ca. 1807
Images from “A Day in the Ma’sh” by Maurice F. Egan, Scribner’s Monthly, July 1881
A Day in the Ma’sh – Still Useful
A Day in the Ma’sh – Low Tide
A Day in the Ma’sh – At CLXIV Canal Boat St.
A Day in the Ma’sh – A Pusher
Plan of the City of Philadelphia and Adjoining Districts, 1830
Map of the County of Philadelphia from Actual Survey, 1843
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