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.

Map Lovers’ Monday: The Ellet Map of Philadelphia County, 1843

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

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

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

Annual reports and other documents relating to Philadelphia’s water supply system, 1796-1992

Philadelphia harbor and rivers chart with points of interest

Map of Philadelphia Harbor, Delaware and Schuylkill, 1912

Aqueduct carrying sewer over Creishem Creek, in the Wissahickon Valley, 1892

Cresheim Aqueduct