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Water supply survey: Sanitary inspection of tributaries north of Philadelphia, 1884

Map Lover’s Monday: Fairmount Park, 1869

Philadelphia from Belmont, West Park (Picturesque America)

Schuylkill River above Belmont (Picturesque America)

Appletons' Journal Schuylkill, 1869

Fairmount and Schuylkill, Appletons’ Journal, 1869

Overhead image of the Fairmount Dam Fishway and the surrounding area, including the Art Museum, Boathouse Row and the Fairmount Water Works

Fairmount Dam Fish Ladder diagram

The Fairmount Dam Fishway sign, detailing how the fishway works and showing maps and images of fish migration and barriers along the Schuylkill River.

Fairmount Dam Fishway sign

PWD's Jason Cruz holds a striped bass

PWD’s Jay Cruz with a striped bass

An otter at the Fairmount Fishcam in 2005

Otter at Fairmount Water Works fishcam, 2005

Photo of a bearded man on a boat holding an American shad

PWD’s Joe Perillo holds an American shad near the Fairmount Fishway

Schuylkill River at Landsdowne

Schuylkill River at Lansdowne (Picturesque America)

Schuylkill River at Rockland Landing (Picturesque America)