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

Pipe Aqueduct across Wissahickon Valley, 1868 (2004.057.0074.004)

Wissahickon Pipe Aqueduct, Roxborough to Mt. Airy, 1868

Northern Liberties and Spring Garden Water Works

Northern Liberties and Spring Garden Water Works

View from the Inclined Plane, near Philadelphia, 1838

View from the Inclined Plane near Philadelphia, 1838

New Mill House at Fairmount (2008.001.0046)

New Mill House at Fairmount

Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works was located along the Delaware riverfront in Tacony. The black-and-white lithograph shows the factory's many smokestacks emitting smoke into the atmosphere.

Keystone Saw Works