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

Water History: Repurposing Old Infrastructure

Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works

PWD Celebrates Black History Month

Philadelphia harbor and rivers chart with points of interest

Map of Philadelphia Harbor, Delaware and Schuylkill, 1912

Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800

Aqueduct carrying sewer over Creishem Creek, in the Wissahickon Valley, 1892

Cresheim Aqueduct

2008 map showing historic Dock Creek with adjacent historical features

Map of Historic Dock Creek

Pen-and-ink drawing depicting the plan for stormwater regulation of Sassafras (Race) Street in Philadelphia in 1819

Sassafras (Race) Street Survey, 1819

1848 Pine Street sewer plan showing an outlet into the Delaware River

Pine Street sewer plan, 1848

Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872

1949 National Board of Fire Underwriters map

Fire Underwriters’ Map, 1949

Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873