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

Water History: Repurposing Old Infrastructure

Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works

Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800

Photograph of Roberts Mill on Wingohocking Creek in Germantown, built in the late 17th century. (Photograph by J. C. Browne, 1871. Castner Collection/Free Library of Philadelphia)

Roberts Mill, Wingohocking Creek, 1871

2008 map showing historic Dock Creek with adjacent historical features

Map of Historic Dock Creek

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

Drainage area plan, early 19th century

1848 Pine Street sewer plan showing an outlet into the Delaware River

Pine Street sewer plan, 1848

Pennypack Park and Creek map, Roland Williams, 2005

Pennypack Park Map

Philadelphia from Belmont, West Park (Picturesque America)

Schuylkill River above Belmont (Picturesque America)

Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)

Noll’s New Official Guide Map of Philadelphia, 1897