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Cresheim Aqueduct
Thomas Meehan, city councilman
Last gasp of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956
“Speeding the Parting Guest,” Feb. 25, 1909
“A Decidedly Mixed Drink,” April 6, 1899
Sewer Demand Taken to City Hall, 7/25/32
Goal (jail) in Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 1800
Congress Hall and New Theatre in Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Library and Surgeon’s Hall in Fifth Street, Philadelphia, 1800
30th Street Sewer
‘Gillette, All By Himself, Gets Fine New Idea On Germ Slaying’
Portrait of Samuel H. Ashbridge, Mayor
State Sen. James P. McNichol
Philadelphia Water Department chief engineer John Trautwine Jr., 1890s
Northeast Sewage Plant opening, 1951
City officials tour new interceptor sewer, 1953