Neighborhoods Center City

Gritty and the Phanatic in Ida’s Floodwaters

A section of wooden water pipe, long out of service, removed from a Philadelphia street in 1901. It had been installed about 1801.

Wooden Water Pipe, removed from Market Street, December 6, 1901

Black-and-white image of a body of water with trees and shoreline in the far distance

Delaware River at Arch Street from the New Jersey side, 1914

PWD's Joe Perillo with a large striped bass

Joe Perillo with a large Schuylkill striper in 2015