Subjects Combined Sewer

Houses on an abutment, from The Waffle

The Waffle: Water History Video 6

Several people stand atop the Aramingo Sewer during construction, June 7, 1900

Creek to Sewer: Water History Video 1

Sewer systems, City of Philadelphia, 1927 and 1929

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

From Creek To Sewer

Drainage and Sewerage Report, 1853

Down Under!

Archival Storytelling: A snowy Super Bowl Sunday at Sydenham & Dauphin

Mill Creek Sewer under construction. Several men standing beside a giant partially constructed sewer pipe.

Mill Creek Sewer under construction, 1883

William Penn balks at drinking the "mixed drink" offered him: Schuylkill water, mixed with pollution from the upstream sources named. Editorial cartoon by Fred Morgan, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 6, 1899. One of a series of cartoons drawn by Morgan protesting the state of the city's drinking water and trying to encourage the passage of legislation authorizing the construction of a water filtration system.

Half a Century of Clean Water

Journey of your Flush map

The Journey of Your Flush

Sewage collection and disposal plan

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