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

The pipe beneath the rocky path

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

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

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

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

Frankford Creek Watershed Historical Timeline

Color image of a grassy field with trees and buildings surrounding it and white lines drawn on the grass mimicking the path of a creek.

Drawing Dock Creek

Cobbs Creek in the Days of the Old Powder Mill

Requiem for a stream: Adams Run in Oak Lane

Cobbs Creek: A Brief Historical Overview by Adam Levine