Map Lover’s Monday: Fairmount Park, 1869
The Discovery Center: The creative reuse of an abandoned city reservoir
Schuylkill River Hydrographical Survey 1861-66 by H. P. M. Birkinbine
View of Fairmount Water Works, ca. 1827
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.