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

Rebirth of the Rivers: Water History Video 3

Play Ball! Meet the 1960 PWD Softball Team

History of Philadelphia’s Sewers and Waterways (Preservation Alliance)

Schuylkill River watershed, population in 1904

Repurposing Old Infrastructure: Water History Video 5

Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works

PWD Celebrates Black History Month

Philadelphia harbor and rivers chart with points of interest

Map of Philadelphia Harbor, Delaware and Schuylkill, 1912

Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800

Frankford Pumping Station, ca. 1900

Frankford Pumping Station Plans and Diagrams, 1870s

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

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

Cresheim Aqueduct