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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

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.

Frankford borough map, 1845

Map of Frankford Borough, 1845

Girard Avenue Bridge, Fairmount Park

Girard Avenue Bridge, Fairmount Park, 1895

Map Showing Districts, Boroughs & Townships Incorporated in Consolidation of Philadelphia in 1854

Philadelphia Navy Yard, July 1872

Diagram from sewage treatment plan for Philadelphia, 1912

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