Places Philadelphia

Water Bureau Newspaper Scrapbook, 1942-1952

Old News: Two unusual underground rescues

Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800

Aqueduct carrying sewer over Creishem Creek, in the Wissahickon Valley, 1892

Cresheim Aqueduct

Wire Bridge at Fairmount

Schuylkill Navigation lock at Fairmount (Picturesque America)

Scenes on the Wissahickon

Scenes on the Wissahickon Creek (Picturesque America)

Early visions of Philadelphia’s airport

Down Under, Part 2: Beaver Creek as it appears today

Wooden Pipes in Philadelphia

Centre Square Water Works, Frederick Graff, Sr. Plans, 1799

Dauphin and Sydenham car crash, Jan. 17, 1978

Black-and-white image of an ornately lettered document with a decorative border

Images from ‘The Water Supply of the City of Philadelphia by a proposed Aqueduct from Norristown Dam’