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

Ghosts of Water in Fairmount Park, Part 1, with Adam Levine

High Water: An Informal History of Flooding in Philadelphia

Gritty and the Phanatic in Ida’s Floodwaters

Black-and-white image of workers in a pit with a sewer opening behind them and text

Frankford Creek: Sad History of an Urban Stream title page

Logan Demanding Flood Relief, 8/18/38

Frankford Creek Overflows, 11/1/32

Sewer Demand Taken to City Hall, 7/25/32

Reproduction of a long newspaper clipping showing headlines and text

In The Storm’s Track, Philadelphia Record, 1882-09-25

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, 1869, Schuylkill flood, 1869

Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Schuylkill Flood 1869