Subjects Infrastructure

Relative to Philadelphia's water and sewer systems, this includes pipes, pumps, plants, water works, reservoirs and other water storage facilities, and other aboveground and underground structures related to the city’s water supply, sewerage system, and drainage. In a larger sense, infrastructure includes many other human-made structures, including roads, highways, bridges, tunnels, canals, and other things of that nature.

A Brief History of Water in Northwest Philadelphia

Black-and-white image of an ornate white building on a riverbank with trees behind it

A new book, more than 40 years in the making, about an iconic Philadelphia building

Fairmount Water Works: The Surprising History of an American Landmark

Philadelphia drinking water 90+ years ago

The pipe beneath the rocky path

Map Lovers’ Monday: Philadelphia in 1897, with color added

Fairmount Water Works in High Resolution

Roxborough Water Works – A Brief History

Ghosts of Water in Fairmount Park, Part 1, with Adam Levine

Water Department Newsletters, 1959-1997

Water Bureau Newspaper Scrapbook, 1942-1952

Map Lovers’ Monday: AQUA, in the beginning