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

Fairmount Water Works and the Lemon Hill Observatory

Two views on the water supply, 1939

Army Corps of Engineers 1882 Report on Navigation in Frankford Creek

Several people stand atop the Aramingo Sewer during construction, June 7, 1900

Creek to Sewer: Water History Video 1

The Schuylkill Navigation: A Journey on the Historic Nineteenth Century Waterway

High Water: An Informal History of Flooding in Philadelphia

History of Water in Roxborough: A talk by Adam Levine

Rebirth of the Rivers: Water History Video 3

Schuylkill River watershed, population in 1904

Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works

Philadelphia harbor and rivers chart with points of interest

Map of Philadelphia Harbor, Delaware and Schuylkill, 1912

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