Publishers Philadelphia Water Department

Laying the Main (2004.057.0074.007)

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

Engine House of the Belmont Works, R. Newell photo (2004.057.0074.001)

Engine House, Belmont Works

Diagram of Daily Pumpage for the year 1877 (2004.057.0487.001)

Diagram showing the daily pumpage for the year 1877

Sewage collection and disposal plan

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

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

Typical House Drainage, Combined and Separate Systems (2008.001.0032)

Typical house drainage

PWD's Joe Perillo with a large striped bass

Joe Perillo with a large Schuylkill striper in 2015

Black and white image of Philadelphia civic and business leaders watching the start of operations at the new Northeast Sewage Treatment Plant, April 6, 1951

Northeast Sewage Plant opening, 1951

Centerfold of 1955 brochure depicting the Southeast Sewage Treatment Works

Southeast Sewage Treatment Works diagram, 1955

City officials tour new interceptor sewer, 1953

The Pennypack Sewage Treatment Works in 1914

Pennypack Sewage Treatment Works, 1914