Topics Infrastructure

Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)

Queen Lane Reservoir pumping station

Queen Lane Pumping Station, proposed design

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

Fairmount

Fairmount Water Works, about 1860