Neighborhoods Northwest Philadelphia

A Brief History of Water in Northwest Philadelphia

Upper Roxborough filter beds

Upper Roxborough filter beds under construction, July 1902

Leicester Knitting Mills, Charles Spencer & Co.

Charles Spencer & Co., Leicester Knitting Mills, Germantown, Philadelphia

Two bottles of water from a river, one dark with pollution and one clear after filtration

Water Before and After Roxborough

1902 photo of Upper Roxborough Filter beds under construction

Upper Roxborough Filter Bed Construction, 1902