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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

Dauphin and Sydenham car crash, Jan. 17, 1978

Mill Creek Sewer under construction. Several men standing beside a giant partially constructed sewer pipe.

Mill Creek Sewer under construction, 1883

A section of wooden water pipe, long out of service, removed from a Philadelphia street in 1901. It had been installed about 1801.

Wooden Water Pipe, removed from Market Street, December 6, 1901

Black-and-white image of a brick sewer outlet that drains into a creek with trees and a hill behind it

Thomas Run sewer outlet at Cobbs Creek

Black-and-white image showing a man standing in a large concrete half-pipe

Thomas Run sewer outlet during construction

Black and white photo of a man wearing a hat and standing on a bridge with his arm on a post

Wood truss drawbridge, Orthodox Street over Frankford Creek, 1899 [Detail]

Black and white image of a drawbrige partially opened with water to the left of it

Bridge Street Draw, draw partly open, July 26, 1897

Black and white photo of several men in the foreground, some wearing hats, and a few others standing behind them on a wooden bridge

Bridge Street, intermediate pier, ca. 1896 [Detail]

Black and white image of several workmen and many pieces of wooden timber

Bridge Street Draw, intermediate pier, ca. 1896 [detail]

Black and white photo shows several workmen on a wooden structure

Bridge Street Draw, intermediate pier, ca. 1896

Black and white photo of two men facing the camera and several facing away while standing and sitting on a board

Bridge Street Draw, construction of piers, ca. 1896