Subjects Urban Development

Two views on the water supply, 1939

The pipe beneath the rocky path

Fairmount Water Works in High Resolution

Houses on an abutment, from The Waffle

The Waffle: Water History Video 6

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

Rebirth of the Rivers: Water History Video 3

Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works

Colored ink drawing showing drainage areas and sewer inlets in Philaelphia in the early 19th century

Drainage area plan, early 19th century

Photo of four men standing on the banks of the Schuylkill River on the last day of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956

Last gasp of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956

Dobson FLP

You would not have wanted to drink it: Philadelphia’s water supply in 1884

Plans and maps of the Pennypack Creek Watershed in Philadelphia

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.