Topics Infrastructure

The Water Supply Problem of Philadelphia, 1899

Oak Lane Reservoir pipeline, 1904

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia: A seven-part course

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

Outhouse over Schuylkill near Pottstown

Outhouse over the Schuylkill near Pottstown

Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1884

Baldwin Locomotive Works

A list of rules governing the sanitary maintenance of privy vaults in Philadelphia in 1915

Be Thankful You Don’t Live in Pre-Flush Philly