Subjects Canals

Fairmount Water Works: The Surprising History of an American Landmark

Thomas Gill Maps of the Schuylkill Navigation, 1827

Map Lovers’ Monday: Two views of the Union Canal in central Pennsylvania

Schuylkill Navigation: Celebrating 200 years

Map Lovers’ Monday: Topography of Philadelphia from 1863

City of Reading map, 1872

Street map of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1872

Schuylkill River above Belmont (Picturesque America)

Wire Bridge at Fairmount

Schuylkill Navigation lock at Fairmount (Picturesque America)

Early photographs of Fairmount and vicinity, 1848