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

Fairmount Water Works: The Surprising History of an American Landmark

The pipe beneath the rocky path

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

Old News: Two unusual underground rescues

Map Lover’s Monday: Looking for Cleaner Water

Map Lovers’ Monday: Schuylkill River from Wissahickon Creek to Norristown, 1913

The Discovery Center: The creative reuse of an abandoned city reservoir

Philadelphia from Belmont, West Park (Picturesque America)

Thomas Mill Covered Bridge on the Wissahickon

Thomas Mill Covered Bridge over Wissahickon Creek (Picturesque America)

Plans and maps of the Pennypack Creek Watershed in Philadelphia

Hand-drawn and colored map depicting a river with streams branching off of it

Map Lovers’ Monday: 1891 Water Supply Plan