Topics Philadelphia before 1800

Annual reports and other documents relating to Philadelphia’s water supply system, 1796-1941

Centre Square Water System, Drawings of Intake Basin

Centre Square Water Works, Frederick Graff, Sr. Plans, 1799

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, portrait by Filippo Costaggini, 1880

Centre Square Water Works, Latrobe Plans, 1799

The Centre Square Works, 1801

Oak Lane Reservoir pipeline, 1904

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia