Places Philadelphia

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

Wooden Pipes in Philadelphia

Wheeled robotic sewer crawler in sewer pipe

Still photo from a video sewer inspection, 2000

A section of wooden water pipe, long out of service, removed from a Philadelphia street in 1901. It had been installed about 1801.

Wooden Water Pipe, removed from Market Street, December 6, 1901

Philadelphia Underground, Jan. 29, 1961

“Philadelphia Underground,” Jan. 29, 1961

International Exhibition situation plan, 1876

Centennial Exhibition situation plan, 1876

30th Street Sewer

30th Street Sewer

Oak Lane Reservoir pipeline, 1904

Oak Lane Reservoir pipeline, 1904

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

Pipe Test, 1914

Two black-and-white photographs of pipeline construction on State Road. Depicted are a group of people, trees, buildings, a fire hydrant and a grid of boards over the pipes.

State Road triple pipeline construction, 1904

Eleven men in a work gang plug leaks in a tunnel, the Torresdale Conduit

Torresdale Conduit work gang, 1906