Topics Sewers & Drainage

Two views on the water supply, 1939

Photo of four men standing on the banks of the Schuylkill River on the last day of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956

Last gasp of the Schuylkill Interceptor, December 20, 1956

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Diagram from sewage treatment plan for Philadelphia, 1912

Dauphin and Sydenham car crash, Jan. 17, 1978

Wheeled robotic sewer crawler in sewer pipe

Still photo from a video sewer inspection, 2000

Captain Sewer and Michael Nutter, 1998

Captain Sewer and Michael Nutter, 1998

69th St. Sewer and Culvert across Lansdowne

69th St. Sewer and Culvert across Lansdowne AVe.

Rudolph Hering

Rudolph Hering

Duplex Pumping Engine, Belmont Works

Duplex Pumping Engine, Belmont Works

Typical House Drainage, Combined and Separate Systems (2008.001.0032)

Typical house drainage

Diagram of the Philadelphia Water Department's wastewater treatment process

Wastewater Treatment Process diagram