Topics Philadelphia before 1800

Annual reports and other documents relating to Philadelphia’s water supply system, 1796-1992

Plan of Philadelphia, John Hills, May 30, 1796

Plan of Philadelphia, John Hills, 1796

The Schuylkill and Wissahickon banks in 1858

The Centre Square Works, 1801

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

Streams, islands, and ferries of early Philadelphia