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

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

Plan of Philadelphia, John Hills, May 30, 1796

Plan of Philadelphia, John Hills, 1796

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Frankford borough map, 1845

Map of Frankford Borough, 1845

Girard Avenue Bridge, Fairmount Park

Girard Avenue Bridge, Fairmount Park, 1895

Philadelphia Navy Yard, July 1872

Queen Lane Reservoir pumping station

Queen Lane Pumping Station, proposed design

Hopkins Darby 1877 map

Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1877

History of Belfield (1934)

Anglers Club member Louis Cook with a 16lb mirror carp caught in Wissahickon Creek

Photos from the Philadelphia Anglers’ Club

Black and white photo of a man wearing a hat and standing on a bridge with his arm on a post

Two Frankford Creek Bridges, 1896-1899