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

Chestnut Street Bridge, on the Schuylkill River (Picturesque America)

Black-and-white etching of the Wire Bridge at Fairmount, 1873

Wire Bridge at Fairmount, with canal lock and esplanade (Picturesque America)

Wire Bridge at Fairmount

Schuylkill Navigation lock at Fairmount (Picturesque America)

Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873

Scenes on the Wissahickon

Scenes on the Wissahickon Creek (Picturesque America)

Thomas Mill Covered Bridge on the Wissahickon

Thomas Mill Covered Bridge over Wissahickon Creek (Picturesque America)

Pipe Aqueduct across Wissahickon Valley, 1868 (2004.057.0074.004)

Wissahickon Pipe Aqueduct, Roxborough to Mt. Airy, 1868

Ghosts of Water in Fairmount Park, Part II, with Adam Levine

Plan of Philadelphia, John Hills, May 30, 1796

Plan of Philadelphia, John Hills, 1796

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Girard Avenue Bridge, Fairmount Park

Girard Avenue Bridge, Fairmount Park, 1895

Queen Lane Reservoir pumping station

Queen Lane Pumping Station, proposed design