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

Wire Bridge at Fairmount

Schuylkill Navigation lock at Fairmount (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

Queen Lane Reservoir pumping station

Queen Lane Pumping Station, proposed design

A man in glasses listening to the street through stethoscopes (2012.002.0043)

Listening for leaks

Centre Square Water Works, Drawings of Intake Basin

Centre Square Water Works, Frederick Graff, Sr. Plans, 1799

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, portrait by Filippo Costaggini, 1880

Centre Square Water Works, Latrobe Plans, 1799

Visionary planning report for Philadelphia region, 1928

The Water Supply Problem of Philadelphia, 1899

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

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