Neighborhoods North Philadelphia

Photo of four men standing on the banks of the Schuylkill River on the last day of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956

Last gasp of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956

men standing around a trench with pipes seen crossing through it. there is a steam engine on wheels behind them to the left, and a building in the background on the right with a sign they says Hotel Abbey, T G Schmidt & Sons, Pilsner & Puritan Beer.

Pipeline being laid in Wissahickon Avenue

Dauphin and Sydenham car crash, Jan. 17, 1978

Black-and-white image showing sewer outlet, retaining walls and body of water

Cohocksink Sewer System outlet at Laurel Street

Captain Sewer and Michael Nutter, 1998

Captain Sewer and Michael Nutter, 1998

Spring Garden water testing lab, 1901

Bureau of Water Spring Garden Testing Station, 1901

Belmont Works Engine House

Engine House of the Belmont Works

PWD's Joe Perillo with a large striped bass

Joe Perillo with a large Schuylkill striper in 2015

Black-and-white photo of privies, waterless wells used to collect human waste

Privies, Emerald Street, 1919