Topics Infrastructure

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

Mill Creek Sewer under construction, 1883

State Street pipeline construction

State Street pipeline construction, 1904

Upper Roxborough filter beds

Upper Roxborough filter beds under construction, July 1902

Outhouse over Schuylkill near Pottstown

Outhouse over the Schuylkill near Pottstown

Typical House Drainage, Combined and Separate Systems (2008.001.0032)

Typical house drainage

Devereaux Street Sewer on the cover of Philadelphia magazine, 1911

Devereaux Street Sewer, Philadelphia magazine, 1911

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