Images from ‘The Water Supply of the City of Philadelphia by a proposed Aqueduct from Norristown Dam’

Black-and-white image of an ornately lettered document with a decorative border

The water supply of the City of Philadelphia by a proposed aqueduct from Norristown Dam, and the acquisition of the works of the Schuylkill Navigation Co. Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. Co. 5th Ave. & 16th St., New York. (Title Page)

Hand-drawn and colored map depicting a river with streams branching off of it

Hand-colored drawing showing pipes and topography and flowing water

Color image showing a bridge, a river, a reservoir and several cross-sections of bridge structures.

Black-and-white drawing showing several house-shaped structures

Color topographical map of a long river running through a valley

Painted map of a winding river with gray indications of land on either side

Painted map of a winding river with land on both sides

Schuylkill Navigation 1891 Water Supply Plan

Hand-drawn and hand-colored map of a winding river with some streets nearby

Hand-drawn and hand-colored map of a river with a town's street grid at one end.

Date

Created 1891

Image archive from the 1891 plan to bring Schuylkill River water into the City of Philadelphia via aqueduct. To see a related blog post, click here.

Temporal Coverage

1891 (Known)

Waterway

Schuylkill River

Watershed

Schuylkill River Watershed

Neighborhood

All of Philadelphia

Place

Philadelphia

Catalog Number

PWD 2008.003.0005.001-016

Collection

Adam Levine
Philadelphia Water Department

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Images from ‘The Water Supply of the City of Philadelphia by a proposed Aqueduct from Norristown Dam’

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