Subjects Engineering

The application of scientific principles to practical ends as the design, construction, and operation of efficient and economical structures, equipment, and systems; also the profession of or the work performed by an engineer. Good practices in the various subdivisions of this field, including civil, sanitary, and transportation engineering, are the foundation of any city's well-being and livability.

Plan of Pine Street Sewer, 1830

Subjects Engineering

Plan of Pine Street Sewer, 1830

Mill Creek Sewer under construction, 1883

30th Street Sewer

State Street pipeline construction, 1904

Upper Roxborough filter beds under construction, July 1902

Standard Philadelphia (B) Hydrant

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

Devereaux Street Sewer, Philadelphia magazine, 1911