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Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800

Visions of the Schuylkill, 1884 and Now

Centre Square Water System

Centre Square Water Works, Drawings of Intake Basin

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, portrait by Filippo Costaggini, 1880

Centre Square Water Works, Latrobe Plans, 1799

Centre Square Engine House, location of one of two steam engines used in the city’s original water system. Engraving by Birch.

Centre Square Engine House, ca. 1807

The Water Works in Centre Square, Philadelphia

Pennsylvania Hospital in Pine Street