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Old U. S. Navy Yard
Navy Yard on the Delaware River (Picturesque America)
Philadelphia Navy Yard, July 1872
Ground Plan, Great Central Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia
PWD Drinking Water Treatment diagram
“Speeding the Parting Guest,” Feb. 25, 1909
“A Decidedly Mixed Drink,” April 6, 1899
Bacteria in Delaware River, Torresdale Filters, 1913
Battle of Germantown map, 1777
Preparation for War to Defend Commerce
1779 Revolutionary War-era map of Philadelphia and environs
Belmont Filters construction, 1903
Finished Upper Roxborough filters, 1903
Upper Roxborough filter beds under construction, July 1902
A.C. Abbott, MD
McConnell Germ-Proof Filters ad
Water Before and After Roxborough
Upper Roxborough Filter Beds Complete, 1903