Water History: Rebirth of the Rivers
Map of Historic Dock Creek
Drainage area plan, early 19th century
Thomas Meehan, city councilman
Last gasp of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956
You would not have wanted to drink it: Philadelphia’s water supply in 1884
Diagram from sewage treatment plan for Philadelphia, 1912
Southwest Sewage Treatment Plant under construction, 1949
Frankford Creek Watershed: A historical overview of the Philadelphia section
Frankford Creek Watershed Historical Timeline
Down Under III: A walk in the Dobson’s Run Storm Relief Sewer, June 15, 2010
Requiem for a stream: A brief history of Dobson’s Run
Drawing Dock Creek
Down Under, Part 2: Beaver Creek as it appears today
MEET YOUR ENEMY: THE RAT
Newspaper Clipping Scrapbooks of Frederic Graff Jr.,Chief Engineer of the Philadelphia Water Department: Part 1, 1854-1857
Board of Health Newspaper Clipping Scrapbooks at City Archives of Philadelphia, 1891-1908
Typhoid Fever and sewage tainted drinking water: An 1889 report from the Philadelphia Board of Health
Kensington Water Supply in 1883
Leverington Avenue Stormwater Sewer
Filling Low Land: A Story of Ash-Dumping in the Wingohocking Creek Watershed
Sewers, Pollution, and Public Health in 19th Century Philadelphia
