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

Standard Philadelphia (B) Hydrant (2004.057.022.1075)

Standard Philadelphia (B) Hydrant

Drawing in blue ink on beige paper depicting reservoir, dam and standpipe heights

Diagram showing heights of reservoirs, dams, standpipes &c, 1894

Sewage collection and disposal plan

Plan for the Collection, Purification and Disposal of the Sewage of the City of Philadelphia, 1912

Black-and-white newspaper ad advertising "Delightfully Romantic Schuylkill Excursions"

Schuylkill steamship excursions ad, 1852

New Plan of Philadelphia, John A. Paxton, 1811

PWD's Lance Butler holds a flathead catfish caught in the Schuylkill River

PWD’s Lance Butler with an invasive flathead catfish

Photo of a woman looking at a jar of raw, untreated sewage

Jar of raw sewage before treatment, 2000

1914 map showing the plan for the collection and treatment of sewage in Philadelphia.

Plan for the Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Sewage, 1914