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Water History: Repurposing Old Infrastructure
Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works
PWD Celebrates Black History Month
Map of Philadelphia Harbor, Delaware and Schuylkill, 1912
Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800
Cresheim Aqueduct
Drainage area plan, early 19th century
Sassafras (Race) Street Survey, 1819
Pine Street sewer plan, 1848
Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872
Fire Underwriters’ Map, 1949
Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873
Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)
Chestnut Street Bridge, on the Schuylkill River (Picturesque America)
Noll’s New Official Guide Map of Philadelphia, 1897
Wingohocking Sewer outfall into Frankford Creek
Fairmount Dam Fish Ladder diagram
Fairmount Dam Fishway sign
Otter at Fairmount Water Works fishcam, 2005
PWD’s Joe Perillo holds an American shad near the Fairmount Fishway
Last gasp of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956
Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873
Thomas Mill Covered Bridge over Wissahickon Creek (Picturesque America)
Wissahickon Pipe Aqueduct, Roxborough to Mt. Airy, 1868
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