Time Periods 1850-1900

Frankford Pumping Station, ca. 1900

Frankford Pumping Station Plans and Diagrams, 1870s

Photograph of Roberts Mill on Wingohocking Creek in Germantown, built in the late 17th century. (Photograph by J. C. Browne, 1871. Castner Collection/Free Library of Philadelphia)

Roberts Mill, Wingohocking Creek, 1871

City of Reading map, 1872

Street map of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1872

Old U. S. Navy Yard

Old U. S. Navy Yard

Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872

Thomas Meehan

Thomas Meehan, city councilman

Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873

Philadelphia from Belmont, West Park (Picturesque America)

Schuylkill River above Belmont (Picturesque America)

Coal Depot, Richmond, on the Delaware (Picturesque America)

Navy Yard on the Delaware River (Picturesque America)

Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)

Chestnut Street Bridge, on the Schuylkill River (Picturesque America)

Noll’s New Official Guide Map of Philadelphia, 1897

Appletons' Journal Schuylkill, 1869

Fairmount and Schuylkill, Appletons’ Journal, 1869

Wire Bridge at Fairmount

Schuylkill Navigation lock at Fairmount, 1873

Schuylkill River at Landsdowne

Schuylkill River at Lansdowne (Picturesque America)

Schuylkill River at Rockland Landing (Picturesque America)

Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873

Scenes on the Wissahickon

Scenes on the Wissahickon Creek (Picturesque America)

Wissahickon near Paper Mill Bridge, 1873

Wissahickon Creek near the Paper Mill Bridge (Picturesque America)

Drive Along the Wissahickon

Drive along the Wissahickon Creek Vallley (Picturesque America)

Thomas Mill Covered Bridge on the Wissahickon

Thomas Mill Covered Bridge over Wissahickon Creek (Picturesque America)

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.