Subjects Urban Development

High Water: Flooding in Philadelphia

Drainage and Sewerage Report, 1853

Oak Lane Reservoir pipeline, 1904

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia: A seven-part course

Mill Creek Sewer under construction. Several men standing beside a giant partially constructed sewer pipe.

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia, Part 7

Black-and-white photograph depicts a large brick sewer tube lying on a barren landscape

Streams, islands, and ferries of early Philadelphia

Typical House Drainage, Combined and Separate Systems (2008.001.0032)

Typical house drainage