Places Pennsylvania

Hands holding a silver river herring fish

River herring from the Schuylkill

PWD's Joe Perillo with a large striped bass

Joe Perillo with a large Schuylkill striper in 2015

Six people and dozens of sandbags performing a load test on a concrete pipe, 1914

Pipe Test, 1914

Photo of a woman looking at a jar of raw, untreated sewage

Jar of raw sewage before treatment, 2000

A man fishing from the banks of the Schuylkill River

Fishing in the Schuylkill

Centerfold of 1955 brochure depicting the Southeast Sewage Treatment Works

Southeast Sewage Treatment Works diagram, 1955

City officials tour new interceptor sewer, 1953

Swimmers at Pier 126, Delaware River July 15, 1918

Swimmers at Pier 126, Delaware River, July 15, 1918

Photo of Allegheny Avenue Sewer, Pier 126, Delaware River, July 15, 1918

Allegheny Avenue Sewer at Pier 126, 1918

The Pennypack Sewage Treatment Works in 1914

Pennypack Sewage Treatment Works, 1914

Spring Garden Sewage Experiment Station, used to test water filtration methods

Outside Sprinkling Filters, Spring Garden Sewage Experiment Station, 1911

Devereaux Street Sewer on the cover of Philadelphia magazine, 1911

Devereaux Street Sewer, Philadelphia magazine, 1911