Topics Infrastructure

Fairmount Water Works: The Surprising History of an American Landmark

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

Visions of the Schuylkill, 1884 and Now

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

Race Bridge, Fair Mount Water Works, 1834 (Graff05.63)

Race Bridge, Fairmount Water Works, 1834