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Water History: Rebirth of the Rivers
Schuylkill River watershed, population in 1904
Map of Philadelphia Harbor, Delaware and Schuylkill, 1912
Cresheim Aqueduct
Street map of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1872
Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872
Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873
Philadelphia from Belmont, West Park (Picturesque America)
Schuylkill River above Belmont (Picturesque America)
Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)
Chestnut Street Bridge, on the Schuylkill River (Picturesque America)
Noll’s New Official Guide Map of Philadelphia, 1897
Fairmount and Schuylkill, Appletons’ Journal, 1869
Fairmount Dam Fish Ladder diagram
Fairmount Dam Fishway sign
PWD’s Jay Cruz with a striped bass
Otter at Fairmount Water Works fishcam, 2005
PWD’s Joe Perillo holds an American shad near the Fairmount Fishway
Wire Bridge at Fairmount, with canal lock and esplanade, 1873
Schuylkill Navigation lock at Fairmount, 1873
Schuylkill River at Lansdowne (Picturesque America)
Schuylkill River at Rockland Landing (Picturesque America)
Last gasp of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956
Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873
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