Topics Infrastructure

Drainage and Sewerage Report, 1853

Dealing with the city’s wastes in the mid-19th century

Oak Lane Reservoir pipeline, 1904

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

Down Under!

Pen and ink drawing of the proposed Delaware Seventh Street Sewer

Plan and profile of proposed Delaware Seventh St. Sewer, 1850

1830 plan for the Pine Street Sewer

Plan of Pine Street Sewer, 1830

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

Mill Creek Sewer under construction, 1883

Bridge Street Draw, Cofferdam, ca. 1896

Pennsylvania Hospital in Pine Street

Torresdale Conduit work gang, 1906

Torresdale Conduit work gang, 12/18/1906

Finished Upper Roxborough filters, 1903

Finished Upper Roxborough filters, 1903

Outhouse over Schuylkill near Pottstown

Outhouse over the Schuylkill near Pottstown