Topics Sewers & Drainage

Kensington Water Supply in 1883

Black-and-white image of a creek with people around it and a large building behind it

Dock Creek Sewer in 1849: A report on its condition made to City Councils

From Creek To Sewer

The Water Supply Problem of Philadelphia, 1899

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

Streams, islands, and ferries of early Philadelphia

Dauphin and Sydenham car crash, Jan. 17, 1978