Neighborhoods Holmesburg

Old News: Two unusual underground rescues

Lower Dublin township map

Lower Dublin township in 1848

Northeast Philadelphia history, one page at a time: The Holmesburg Library Scrapbook Collection

Norman Lofton inspects sewer at Ditman and Sheffield, 1987

Color image of a sheet of newsprint showing headlines

Holmesburg Scrapbooks, Book 5

Color image of a sheet of old newspaper displaying headlines and type

Holmesburg Scrapbooks, Book 4

Color image of a page of newsprint with several black-and-white images included

Holmesburg Scrapbooks, Book 3

Color image of an old sheet of newsprint

Holmesburg Scrapbooks, Book 2

Black-and-white image of many people wearing white on a bright day

Holmesburg Scrapbooks, Book 1

Black-and-white image shows black text on a white background

Holmesburg Scrapbooks, Introduction and Table of Contents

The Pennypack Sewage Treatment Works in 1914

Pennypack Sewage Treatment Works, 1914

Two black-and-white photographs of pipeline construction on State Road. Depicted are a group of people, trees, buildings, a fire hydrant and a grid of boards over the pipes.

State Road triple pipeline construction, 1904