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Reservoir
A large natural or man-made lake used as a water supply.
Annual reports and other documents relating to Philadelphia’s water supply system, 1796-1941
Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872
The Discovery Center: The creative reuse of an abandoned city reservoir
Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)
Map Lovers’ Monday: 1891 Water Supply Plan
History of East Park Reservoir, Philadelphia, Pa., 1869-1889
Two reports on the state of the Schuylkill River, 1867
Fairmount and vicinity, 1839
Centennial Exhibition situation plan, 1876
Upper Roxborough filter beds under construction, July 1902
Diagram showing heights of reservoirs, dams, standpipes &c, 1894