Topics Philadelphia before 1800

Smith and Windmill Islands

Cobbs Creek: A Brief Historical Overview by Adam Levine

Black-and-white image showing sewer outlet, retaining walls and body of water

Glossary of Drainage Terms by C. Drew Brown

Native American Heritage Day

Oak Lane Reservoir pipeline, 1904

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

Diagram and description of the typhoid bacteria

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia, Part 6

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia, Part 5

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia, Part 4

A Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain, 2006

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia, Part 3

A black-and-white image showing several figures standing on the shore, with a boat, several other figures and a building in the background

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia, Part 2

Black-and-white photograph depicts a large brick sewer tube lying on a barren landscape

Streams, islands, and ferries of early Philadelphia

A black-and-white image of a small ship with white sails on a river in front of a landscape of trees and the riverbank

The Shield passing the site of Philadelphia (Watson’s Annals)