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Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800
Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873
Map Showing Districts, Boroughs & Townships Incorporated in Consolidation of Philadelphia in 1854
Mill Creek Sewer under construction, 1883
Bill for Privy Cleaning, 1869
Bridge Street Draw, Cofferdam, ca 1896 [Detail]
Bridge Street Draw, looking north, ca. 1896
Bridge Street Draw, Cofferdam, ca. 1896
Congress Hall and New Theatre in Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Library and Surgeon’s Hall in Fifth Street, Philadelphia, 1800
Bank of the United States, in Third Street, Philadelphia
“Another reservoir site chosen,” April 26, 1883
Bureau of Water, Cumberland, west of 13th Street, pipe line, 1907
Belmont Filters construction, 1903
Upper Roxborough filter beds under construction, July 1902
Portrait of Samuel H. Ashbridge, Mayor
State Sen. James P. McNichol
Philadelphia Water Department chief engineer John Trautwine Jr., 1890s
Philadelphia World’s Greatest Work Shop 1930
Beach Street Bridge, March 20, 1900
City officials tour new interceptor sewer, 1953
Devereaux Street Sewer, Philadelphia magazine, 1911
Sewer construction, Rock Run, 1922
State Road triple pipeline construction, 1904