![Thomas Meehan](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/C.5d_FINAL_Thomas-Meehan_edit.jpg?w=300)
![Thomas Meehan](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/C.5d_FINAL_Thomas-Meehan_edit.jpg?w=300)
![Samuel H. Ashbridge, former Mayor of Philadelphia](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/C.5e_FINAL_Samuel-h-Ashbridge_edit.jpg?w=300)
Portrait of Samuel H. Ashbridge, Mayor
![State Sen James P. McNichol, 1905-1916](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/C.5c_FINAL_James-McNichol_edit.jpg?w=300)
State Sen. James P. McNichol
![Picture of John Trautwine, Jr.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/C.5a_FINAL_1986.002.0047_JohnTrautwine.jpg?w=300)
Philadelphia Water Department chief engineer John Trautwine Jr., 1890s
![Black and white image of Philadelphia civic and business leaders watching the start of operations at the new Northeast Sewage Treatment Plant, April 6, 1951](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/DR_NESTWOpeningBrochurep5.jpg?w=300)
Northeast Sewage Plant opening, 1951
![](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/Interceptor-Tour-2004.087.0010_reduced.jpg?w=300)
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