Subjects Water Supply

Pipes, distribution mains, transmission mains, filtration plants, pumping stations, and all other appurtenances, either above or underground, that relate to providing drinking water to homes and businesses. In tandem with sewer systems, properly-designed water supply systems are what make densely-populated urban areas possible.

Archival Storytelling: Water History Video 4

Water Bureau Newspaper Scrapbook, 1942-1952

Map Lovers’ Monday: Circles of Destruction

Use Water Wisely!

Board of Health Newspaper Clipping Scrapbooks at City Archives of Philadelphia, 1891-1908

CITIZENS’ BUSINESS: 1939-1946

Northeast Philadelphia history, one page at a time: The Holmesburg Library Scrapbook Collection

William Penn balks at drinking the "mixed drink" offered him: Schuylkill water, mixed with pollution from the upstream sources named. Editorial cartoon by Fred Morgan, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 6, 1899. One of a series of cartoons drawn by Morgan protesting the state of the city's drinking water and trying to encourage the passage of legislation authorizing the construction of a water filtration system.

“A Decidedly Mixed Drink,” April 6, 1899

Gillette Schuylkill mud cartoon

‘Gillette, All By Himself, Gets Fine New Idea On Germ Slaying’