Engineering – Subjects – Water History PHL

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.

Subjects Engineering

PWD Celebrates Black History Month

Down Under III: A walk in the Dobson’s Run Storm Relief Sewer, June 15, 2010

Plan of Pine Street Sewer, 1830

Mill Creek Sewer under construction, 1883

Thomas Run sewer outlet during construction

“Philadelphia Underground,” Jan. 29, 1961

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

30th Street Sewer

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

Devereaux Street Sewer, Philadelphia magazine, 1911