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A Brief History of Water in Northwest Philadelphia

High Water: An Informal History of Flooding in Philadelphia

1779 Philadelphia map

1779 Revolutionary War-era map of Philadelphia and environs

PWD water tech at the Philly Home Show, 1960

PWD water tech at the Philly Home Show, 1960 (detail)

Lab tech at Philly Home Show, 1960

Lab tech, water cleaning demo, Philly Home Show, 1960

Gillette Schuylkill mud cartoon

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

Picture of John Trautwine, Jr.

Philadelphia Water Department chief engineer John Trautwine Jr., 1890s

Immigrant family, ca. 1900

Immigrant family, ca. 1900, nurse in black

Fairmount, bird's eye view from Lemon Hill (detail)

Fairmount Park, bird’s eye view from Lemon Hill, detail

New Mill House at Fairmount (2008.001.0046)

New Mill House at Fairmount

Henry Disston's Keystone Saw Works was located along the Delaware riverfront in Tacony. The black-and-white lithograph shows the factory's many smokestacks emitting smoke into the atmosphere.

Keystone Saw Works