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Fairmount Steam Works (1815)

Twenty-fourth Ward (or West Philadelphia) Works, 1855

The Centre Square Works, 1801

Bird's eye color view of reservoirs, green areas of foliage, pink roads and blue water, with a dam prominent

Fairmount and vicinity, 1839

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

DeLaval Beauty Shots 6

Electric Pump Installations at Lardner’s Point Pumping Station

New Mill House at Fairmount (2008.001.0046)

New Mill House at Fairmount