Water
History
PHL
Show/Hide Menu
Items
Articles
Topics
About
Blog
Show/Hide Search
Search!
Items
Images, maps, documents, objects, whatever.
Roxborough’s River and Water: A History
Water History: Making It Safe to Drink
Water History: Rebirth of the Rivers
History of Philadelphia’s Sewers and Waterways (Preservation Alliance)
Water History: Repurposing Old Infrastructure
Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works
Fairmount Dam Fish Ladder diagram
PWD Drinking Water Treatment diagram
Typhoid bacteria diagram, 1905
Volume of Sludge from 1,000,000 Gallons of Sewage
Diagram Showing Rate Between Bulk of Wet Sludge and Its Percentage Moisture
Diagram Showing Decreased Amount of Dissolved Oxygen in Delaware River, 1913
Philadelphia Ash Service – Plan, Side and End Elevations of Car
Diagram showing heights of reservoirs, dams, standpipes &c, 1894
Wastewater Treatment Process diagram