Drawing Dock Creek
Sewers, Pollution, and Public Health in 19th Century Philadelphia
Two reports on the state of the Schuylkill River, 1867
Includes pollution caused by the direct dumping of factory or industrial wastes into rivers and streams, the dumping of industrial wastes and sewage through the city's sewer system, combined sewer overflows during wet weather, and polluted stormwater carried into streams by the city's stormwater drainage pipes.