Publishers Philadelphia Water Department

Bird's eye view of Delaware River

Bird’s eye view of Delaware River and Philadelphia, about 1840

View from the Inclined Plane, near Philadelphia, 1838

View from the Inclined Plane near Philadelphia, 1838

Laying the Main (2004.057.0074.007)

Commencement of laying the main on the East side of the River, 1871

Sewage collection and disposal plan

Plan for the Collection, Purification and Disposal of the Sewage of the City of Philadelphia, 1912

Ornate black-and-white title page to the 1836 sheet music for The Fairmount Quadrilles

The Fairmount Quadrilles, 1836

New Mill House at Fairmount (2008.001.0046)

New Mill House at Fairmount

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, 1869, Schuylkill flood, 1869

Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Schuylkill Flood 1869

Henry Disston & Sons, Keystone Saw, Tool, Steel and File Works, 1884 (2004.007.0005)

Henry Disston & Sons Keystone Saw Works

Hands holding a silver river herring fish

River herring from the Schuylkill

PWD's Lance Butler holds a flathead catfish caught in the Schuylkill River

PWD’s Lance Butler with an invasive flathead catfish

PWD's Joe Perillo with a large striped bass

Joe Perillo with a large Schuylkill striper in 2015

The Pennypack Sewage Treatment Works in 1914

Pennypack Sewage Treatment Works, 1914