Neighborhoods All of Philadelphia

Image shows multicolored trees and a river cutting through them with two bridges visible

Watersheds: Learning to care for and protect our local water resources

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Streams, islands, and ferries of early Philadelphia

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Images from ‘The Water Supply of the City of Philadelphia by a proposed Aqueduct from Norristown Dam’

William Penn balks at drinking the "mixed drink" offered him: Schuylkill water, mixed with pollution from the upstream sources named. Editorial cartoon by Fred Morgan, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 6, 1899. One of a series of cartoons drawn by Morgan protesting the state of the city's drinking water and trying to encourage the passage of legislation authorizing the construction of a water filtration system.

Half a Century of Clean Water: The Clean Water Act, 1972-2022

Pumping stations after Philadelphia's incorporation, 1854

Main Pumping Stations for Philadelphia Drinking Water

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Diagram Showing Rate Between Bulk of Wet Sludge and Its Percentage Moisture

Water, Water Everywhere – Philadelphia Record, 1937-03-14

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Perkiomen Water Supply Surveys, 1866

Map of Philadelphia showing Population in year 1920

Map of Philadelphia showing Population in year 1920

Outline Map of the County and City of Philadelphia and Vicinity (wd000516)

Outline Map of the County and City of Philadelphia and Vicinity, 1883

Philadelphia the Manufacturing and Industrial Capital map, 1906

Philadelphia Underground, Jan. 29, 1961

“Philadelphia Underground,” Jan. 29, 1961