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

Bridge Street Draw, southeast corner property, June 12, 1896

Bridge Street Draw. Southwest side of bridge. April 19, 1896. [Detail of people].

Bridge Street Draw. Southwest side of bridge. April 19, 1896. [Detail].

Bridge Street Draw, April 19, 1896. [Detail of men]

Bridge Street Draw. View of old draw removed, looking north. April 19, 1896. [Detail]

Bridge Street Draw. General view of old draw, ca 1896

Finished Upper Roxborough filters, 1903

Finished Upper Roxborough filters, 1903

Six people and dozens of sandbags performing a load test on a concrete pipe, 1914

Pipe Test, 1914

A man fishing from the banks of the Schuylkill River

Fishing in the Schuylkill

Swimmers at Pier 126, Delaware River July 15, 1918

Swimmers at Pier 126, Delaware River, July 15, 1918

Photo of Allegheny Avenue Sewer, Pier 126, Delaware River, July 15, 1918

Allegheny Avenue Sewer at Pier 126, 1918

Photo of a work crew constructing a sewer in Rock Run, Tacony Creek, Philadelphia

Sewer construction, Rock Run, 1922