Subjects Sewage Treatment

1914 map showing the plan for the collection and treatment of sewage in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia’s Sewer Problem

CITIZENS’ BUSINESS: 1939-1946

Three reports on Philadelphia’s Sewage Treatment Project, 1911-1914

Black-and-white image of a brick sewer outlet that drains into a creek with trees and a hill behind it

Thomas Run sewer outlet at Cobbs Creek

Black-and-white image showing a man standing in a large concrete half-pipe

Thomas Run sewer outlet during construction

The Pennypack Sewage Treatment Works in 1914

Pennypack Sewage Treatment Works, 1914