Image Photograph

Electric Pump Installations at Lardner’s Point Pumping Station

One of the electric pump installations at the Lardner's Point Pumping Station. Found in Section UU of 1945 Annual Report, Book 1.

Date
  • Created

Lardner's Point pumping station, named after the captain of the ship which brought William Penn to America, was built in 1906. It pumped water from the Torresdale Water Works to the entire city east of the Schuylkill River.

Item Type
Temporal Coverage
Waterway
Neighborhood
Place
Location Coordinates

40.013°, -75.049°

Format (Medium)

Print, Photographic

File Size

679 kb

Image Dimensions

2560 x 1998 px

Identifier

2004.057.0236.075

Rights Holder

Philadelphia Water Department