Neighborhoods All of Philadelphia

Map Lovers’ Monday: Philadelphia Geology, 1881

High Water: An Informal History of Flooding in Philadelphia

Laboratory Alkalinity test, ca. 1943

Making It Safe to Drink: Water History Video 2

Rebirth of the Rivers: Water History Video 3

Repurposing Old Infrastructure: Water History Video 5

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

PWD Celebrates Black History Month

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

Ghosts of Water in Fairmount Park, Part II, with Adam Levine

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