Neighborhoods All of Philadelphia

Map Lovers’ Monday: The Ellet Map of Philadelphia County, 1843

Two views on the water supply, 1939

Philadelphia drinking water 90+ years ago

Map Lovers’ Monday: Philadelphia in 1897, with color added

Water Bureau Newspaper Scrapbook, 1942-1952

Map Lovers’ Monday: AQUA, in the beginning

High Water: An Informal History of Flooding in Philadelphia

Rebirth of the Rivers: Water History Video 3

Annual reports and other documents relating to Philadelphia’s water supply system, 1796-1992

Dobson FLP

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

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

Bottled vs. Tap in 1906

Newspaper Clipping Scrapbooks of Frederick Graff Jr., Chief Engineer of the Philadelphia Water Department. Part 2: 1858-1871