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![“Fairmount Waterworks. From the forebay.” (From nature & on stone G. Lehman; Published by C.G. Childs & G. Lehman, 1833. Free Library of Philadelphia, Print & Picture Collection)](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/05_FWW_castner-21_7_Crop_750w.jpg?w=300)
Fairmount Water Works from the forebay, 1833
![Fourth of July in Centre Square, John Lewis Krimmel, ca. 1812. The wooden statue in the fountain, “Allegory of the Schuylkill River (Water Nymph and Bittern)”, was carved in 1809 by Philadelphia sculptor William Rush.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/KRIMMEL-1845_3_100dpi.jpg?w=300)
Fourth of July, Centre Square, ca. 1812
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Preparation for War to Defend Commerce
![New Mill House at Fairmount (2008.001.0046)](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/2008.001.0046-scaled.jpg?w=300)
New Mill House at Fairmount
![Devereaux Street Sewer on the cover of Philadelphia magazine, 1911](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/DR_June1911.jpg?w=300)
Devereaux Street Sewer, Philadelphia magazine, 1911
![Drawing from an advertisement for in-home water filters from the McConnell Germ-Proof Filter Company. Depicts a skull and various germs and bacteria.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/B.3_SCAN_waterdept002_300dpi_12wide_750h.jpg?w=300)
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