Subjects Politics

Images and documents that cover the politics surrounding Philadelphia's water system and its development, including editorial cartoons, etchings, 19th Century PWD Annual Reports, and hundreds of newspaper clippings.

Water Bureau Newspaper Scrapbook, 1942-1952

Sewer systems, City of Philadelphia, 1927 and 1929

William Penn balks at drinking the "mixed drink" offered him: Schuylkill water, mixed with pollution from the upstream sources named. Editorial cartoon by Fred Morgan, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 6, 1899. One of a series of cartoons drawn by Morgan protesting the state of the city's drinking water and trying to encourage the passage of legislation authorizing the construction of a water filtration system.

“A Decidedly Mixed Drink,” April 6, 1899

Sewer Demand Taken to City Hall, 7/25/32

Gillette Schuylkill mud cartoon

‘Gillette, All By Himself, Gets Fine New Idea On Germ Slaying’