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1850-1900
Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872
Thomas Meehan, city councilman
Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)
Schuylkill Navigation lock at Fairmount, 1873
Queen Lane Pumping Station, proposed design
Main Pumping Stations for Philadelphia Drinking Water
Perkiomen Water Supply Surveys, 1866
Frankford Creek: Sad History of an Urban Stream title page
“Another reservoir site chosen,” April 26, 1883
Centennial Exhibition situation plan, 1876
Outhouse over the Schuylkill near Pottstown
McConnell Germ-Proof Filters ad
Apparatus for testing model turbine wheels used at Fairmount, 1859-60
Duplex Pumping Engine, Belmont Works
Fairmount Water Works, about 1860
Philadelphia Water Department Fire Hydrant
Engine House, Belmont Works
Diagram showing the daily pumpage for the year 1877
Pegg’s Run, Northern Liberties (Watson’s Annals)