Topics Sewers & Drainage

Mill Creek Sewer drawing, cross-section, 1869

Archival Storytelling: Water History Video 4

Sewers, Pollution, and Public Health in 19th Century Philadelphia

From Creek To Sewer

Drainage and Sewerage Report, 1853

Oak Lane Reservoir pipeline, 1904

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

Down Under!

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

Streams, islands, and ferries of early Philadelphia