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Water Storage
Includes standpipes, reservoirs, above-ground tanks, and underground water storage facilities.
Map Lovers’ Monday: Water for City Hall
Map Lover’s Monday: Looking for Cleaner Water
Annual reports and other documents relating to Philadelphia’s water supply system, 1796-1941
Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872
Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)
The Chestnut Hill Works (1859-1911)
The Water Works of the City of Philadelphia
Northeast Philadelphia history, one page at a time: The Holmesburg Library Scrapbook Collection
The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia
Two reports on the state of the Schuylkill River, 1867
Diagram showing heights of reservoirs, dams, standpipes &c, 1894
Water Works Standpipe, 1853