Subjects Urban Development

Cobbs Creek in the Days of the Old Powder Mill

Kensington Water Supply in 1883

Requiem for a stream: Adams Run in Oak Lane

Requiem for a stream: Still House Run in Manayunk

Technical drawing showing streets and sewers

Leverington Avenue Stormwater Sewer

Black-and-white image shows a trolley car emerging from a building with men standing alongside

Filling Low Land: A Story of Ash-Dumping in the Wingohocking Creek Watershed

The Manayunk Expressway

Sewers, Pollution, and Public Health in 19th Century Philadelphia

Black-and-white image of a creek with people around it and a large building behind it

Dock Creek Sewer in 1849: A report on its condition made to City Councils

Smith’s and Windmill Islands

Cobbs Creek: A Brief Historical Overview by Adam Levine

High Water: Flooding in Philadelphia