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Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works
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PWD Celebrates Black History Month
![Philadelphia harbor and rivers chart with points of interest](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/1912_Delaware_Schuylkill_Port_AEL-300x259.jpg)
Map of Philadelphia Harbor, Delaware and Schuylkill, 1912
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Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800
![Aqueduct carrying sewer over Creishem Creek, in the Wissahickon Valley, 1892](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/Cresheim-Aqueduct-Sewer-CA-Misc148-300x240.jpg)
Cresheim Aqueduct
![2008 map showing historic Dock Creek with adjacent historical features](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/dockcreekAPSmap-287x300.jpg)
Map of Historic Dock Creek
![Pen-and-ink drawing depicting the plan for stormwater regulation of Sassafras (Race) Street in Philadelphia in 1819](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/DR_1819Divide-300x200.jpg)
Sassafras (Race) Street Survey, 1819
![1848 Pine Street sewer plan showing an outlet into the Delaware River](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/DR_20050020519-138x300.jpg)
Pine Street sewer plan, 1848
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Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872
![1949 National Board of Fire Underwriters map](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/FireMap-229x300.jpg)
Fire Underwriters’ Map, 1949
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Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873
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Philadelphia from Belmont, West Park (Picturesque America)
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Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)
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Chestnut Street Bridge, on the Schuylkill River (Picturesque America)
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Noll’s New Official Guide Map of Philadelphia, 1897
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Wingohocking Sewer outfall into Frankford Creek
![Overhead image of the Fairmount Dam Fishway and the surrounding area, including the Art Museum, Boathouse Row and the Fairmount Water Works](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/fishwaydiagram-300x222.jpg)
Fairmount Dam Fish Ladder diagram
![The Fairmount Dam Fishway sign, detailing how the fishway works and showing maps and images of fish migration and barriers along the Schuylkill River.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/fairmount-dam-sign-300x145.jpg)
Fairmount Dam Fishway sign
![An otter at the Fairmount Fishcam in 2005](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/otter5-225x300.jpg)
Otter at Fairmount Water Works fishcam, 2005
![Black-and-white etching of the Wire Bridge at Fairmount, 1873](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/2004.007.0007-300x136.jpg)
Wire Bridge at Fairmount, with canal lock and esplanade, 1873
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Schuylkill Navigation lock at Fairmount, 1873
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Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873
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