Time Periods 1800-1850

Centre Square Engine House, location of one of two steam engines used in the city’s original water system. Engraving by Birch.

Centre Square Engine House, ca. 1807

Pumping stations after Philadelphia's incorporation, 1854

Main Pumping Stations for Philadelphia Drinking Water

Black-and-white image of workers in a pit with a sewer opening behind them and text

Frankford Creek: Sad History of an Urban Stream title page

Preparation for War to Defend Commerce

The Water Works in Centre Square, Philadelphia

Bank of Pennsylvania, South Second Street, Philadelphia

Pennsylvania Hospital in Pine Street

Alms House in Spruce Street, Philadelphia

Goal (jail) in Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 1800

State House Garden, Philadelphia, 1800

Back of the State House, Philadelphia, 1800

Congress Hall and New Theatre in Chestnut Street, Philadelphia