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

Two views on the water supply, 1939

Photo of four men standing on the banks of the Schuylkill River on the last day of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956

Last gasp of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956

The Water Supply Problem of Philadelphia, 1899

Black-and-white image of a brick sewer outlet that drains into a creek with trees and a hill behind it

Thomas Run sewer outlet at Cobbs Creek

Outhouse over Schuylkill near Pottstown

Outhouse over the Schuylkill near Pottstown