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Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works
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PWD Celebrates Black History Month
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Map of Philadelphia Harbor, Delaware and Schuylkill, 1912
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Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800
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Cresheim Aqueduct
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Sassafras (Race) Street Survey, 1819
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Pine Street sewer plan, 1848
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Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872
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Fire Underwriters’ Map, 1949
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Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873
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