Subjects Combined Sewer

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

From Creek To Sewer

Drainage and Sewerage Report, 1853

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

Typical House Drainage, Combined and Separate Systems (2008.001.0032)

Typical house drainage