Neighborhoods All of Philadelphia

High Water: An Informal History of Flooding in Philadelphia

Water History: Rebirth of the Rivers

Water History: Repurposing Old Infrastructure

Annual reports and other documents relating to Philadelphia’s water supply system, 1796-1941

PWD Celebrates Black History Month

Noll’s New Official Guide Map of Philadelphia, 1897

Dobson FLP

You would not have wanted to drink it: Philadelphia’s water supply in 1884

Map showing various routes of transportation in Philadelphia and surrounding area. Focused mainly on suburban Philadelphia areas.

Map Lovers’ Monday: 1896 Suburban Transportation Map

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

Philadelphia’s Sewer Problem

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

Sewer systems, City of Philadelphia, 1927 and 1929

Image shows three bottles of water, one clear, one dark and one with sediment floating in it.

Bottled vs. Tap in 1906