Neighborhoods North Philadelphia

Black-and-white image of an ornate white building on a riverbank with trees behind it

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Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)

Spring Garden Northern Liberties, or Schuylkill Works (1844)

Fairmount Water Powered Works Expansion (1859 to 1861)

Fairmount Water Turbine Wheels (1851)

Fairmount Water Powered Water Works (1822)

Delaware and Kensington Works (1851-1890)

High Pressure Fire Service Stations (1902)

Bird's eye color view of reservoirs, green areas of foliage, pink roads and blue water, with a dam prominent

Fairmount and vicinity, 1839

Northern Liberties and Spring Garden Water Works

Northern Liberties and Spring Garden Water Works

Belmont Works Engine House

Engine House of the Belmont Works

Fairmount

Fairmount Water Works, about 1860