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.

Two views on the water supply, 1939

Fairmount Water Works in High Resolution

Ghosts of Water in Fairmount Park, Part 1, with Adam Levine

Water Department Newsletters, 1959-1997

Water Bureau Newspaper Scrapbook, 1942-1952

Rebirth of the Rivers: Water History Video 3

Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works

Dobson FLP

You would not have wanted to drink it: Philadelphia’s water supply in 1884

Ghosts of Water in Fairmount Park, Part II, with Adam Levine

Image shows three bottles of water, one clear, one dark and one with sediment floating in it.

Bottled vs. Tap in 1906

Newspaper Clipping Scrapbooks of Frederic Graff Jr.,Chief Engineer of the Philadelphia Water Department: Part 1, 1854-1857

Newspaper Clipping Scrapbooks of Frederick Graff Jr., Chief Engineer of the Philadelphia Water Department. Part 2: 1858-1871