Topics Sewers & Drainage

Two views on the water supply, 1939

The pipe beneath the rocky path

Map Lovers’ Monday: Philadelphia in 1897, with color added

Mill Creek Sewer drawing, cross-section, 1869

Archival Storytelling: Water History Video 4

Several people stand atop the Aramingo Sewer during construction, June 7, 1900

Creek to Sewer: Water History Video 1

Water Department Newsletters, 1959-1997

Water Bureau Newspaper Scrapbook, 1942-1952

History of Water in Roxborough: A talk by Adam Levine

Old News: Two unusual underground rescues

Sandy Run Watershed and the Holmesburg Water Works

PWD Celebrates Black History Month

Aqueduct carrying sewer over Creishem Creek, in the Wissahickon Valley, 1892

Cresheim Aqueduct