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

Two views on the water supply, 1939

Several people stand atop the Aramingo Sewer during construction, June 7, 1900

Creek to Sewer: Water History Video 1

Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works

PWD Celebrates Black History Month

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

Cresheim Aqueduct

Colored ink drawing showing drainage areas and sewer inlets in Philaelphia in the early 19th century

Drainage area plan, early 19th century

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

Ghosts of Water in Fairmount Park, Part II, with Adam Levine

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Diagram from sewage treatment plan for Philadelphia, 1912

Southwest Sewage Treatment Plant under construction, 1949 (from Water & Sewer Course Module 7)

Southwest Sewage Treatment Plant under construction, 1949

Dauphin and Sydenham car crash, Jan. 17, 1978