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Dauphin and Sydenham car crash, Jan. 17, 1978
![“Fairmount Waterworks. From the forebay.” (From nature & on stone G. Lehman; Published by C.G. Childs & G. Lehman, 1833. Free Library of Philadelphia, Print & Picture Collection)](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/05_FWW_castner-21_7_Crop_750w.jpg?w=300)
Fairmount Water Works from the forebay, 1833
![Fourth of July in Centre Square, John Lewis Krimmel, ca. 1812. The wooden statue in the fountain, “Allegory of the Schuylkill River (Water Nymph and Bittern)”, was carved in 1809 by Philadelphia sculptor William Rush.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/KRIMMEL-1845_3_100dpi.jpg?w=300)
Fourth of July, Centre Square, ca. 1812
![A section of wooden water pipe, long out of service, removed from a Philadelphia street in 1901. It had been installed about 1801.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/WoodenPipe-1801-1901.jpg?w=300)
Wooden Water Pipe, removed from Market Street, December 6, 1901
![Black and white photo of a man wearing a hat and standing on a bridge with his arm on a post](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/frankford-bridges-CA-20040330242.jpg?w=300)
Wood truss drawbridge, Orthodox Street over Frankford Creek, 1899 [Detail]
![Black and white photo of two men facing the camera and several facing away while standing and sitting on a board](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/20040330120.jpg?w=300)
Bridge Street Draw, construction of piers, ca. 1896
![Black and white photo of a man checking his watch in front of a creek with construction around it](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/20040330116.jpg?w=300)
Bridge Street Draw, looking north, ca. 1896
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Bridge Street Draw. Southwest side of bridge. April 19, 1896. [Detail].
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Bridge Street Draw, April 19, 1896. [Detail of men]
![Cumberland Street pipeline, 1907](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/D.4b_FINAL_1986.002.2491_crop-scaled.jpg?w=300)
Bureau of Water, Cumberland, west of 13th Street, pipe line, 1907
![Two black-and-white photographs of pipeline construction on State Road. Depicted are a group of people, trees, buildings, a fire hydrant and a grid of boards over the pipes.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/StateRoad_19860021496_97.jpg?w=300)