Subjects Water pipe

Includes pipes of all sizes, from small distribution mains to giant transmission mains, including the Torresdale Conduit, with a diameter of 10' 6".

Philadelphia drinking water 90+ years ago

State Street pipeline construction

State Street pipeline construction, 1904

Stand Pipe of Philadelphia Water Works

Water Works Standpipe, 1853

Two black-and-white photographs of pipeline construction on State Road. Depicted are a group of people, trees, buildings, a fire hydrant and a grid of boards over the pipes.

State Road triple pipeline construction, 1904

Eleven men in a work gang plug leaks in a tunnel, the Torresdale Conduit

Torresdale Conduit work gang, 1906