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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

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

Philadelphia harbor and rivers chart with points of interest

Map of Philadelphia Harbor, Delaware and Schuylkill, 1912

Aqueduct carrying sewer over Creishem Creek, in the Wissahickon Valley, 1892

Cresheim Aqueduct

City of Reading map, 1872

Street map of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1872

Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872

Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873