Subjects Pumping Stations

Material, both historical and contemporary, that covers Philadelphia's pumping stations, which are mammoth structures that move tremendous quantities of water from place to place all around the region. Philadelphia has had nine (?) pumping stations throughout her history, beginning with the Fairmount Water Works; four are currently in operation.

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

Philadelphia drinking water 90+ years ago

Fairmount Water Works in High Resolution

Roxborough Water Works – A Brief History

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

Water Bureau Newspaper Scrapbook, 1942-1952

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

Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)

Queen Lane Reservoir pumping station

Queen Lane Pumping Station, proposed design

West Philadelphia (or 24th Ward) Water Works, 1855-1870

Typhoid Fever and sewage tainted drinking water: An 1889 report from the Philadelphia Board of Health