Map Lovers’ Monday: Philadelphia in 1897, with color added
Cresheim Aqueduct
Scenes on the Wissahickon Creek (Picturesque America)
Thomas Mill Covered Bridge over Wissahickon Creek (Picturesque America)
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.