Topics Infrastructure

Fairmount Water Works: The Surprising History of an American Landmark

The pipe beneath the rocky path

Fairmount Water Works in High Resolution

Water Bureau Newspaper Scrapbook, 1942-1952

Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works

Annual reports and other documents relating to Philadelphia’s water supply system, 1796-1992

Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872

Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)

Photo of four men standing on the banks of the Schuylkill River on the last day of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956

Last gasp of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956

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

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Fairmount Water Works, about 1860

Showing method of sinking the pipe on the bed of the River (2004.057.0074.006)

Showing the method of sinking the pipe on the bed of the river