Topics Sewers & Drainage

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

Cresheim Aqueduct

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

Southwest Sewage Treatment Plant under construction, 1949 (from Water & Sewer Course Module 7)

Southwest Sewage Treatment Plant under construction, 1949

Dauphin and Sydenham car crash, Jan. 17, 1978

Wheeled robotic sewer crawler in sewer pipe

Still photo from a video sewer inspection, 2000

Norman Lofton inspects sewer at Ditman and Sheffield, 1987

Black-and-white photo of industrial tank installation with smokestacks and factories in the background

Emscher Tank Installation at Essen Nord, Germany

Black-and-white image of a brick sewer outlet that drains into a creek with trees and a hill behind it

Thomas Run sewer outlet at Cobbs Creek

69th St. Sewer and Culvert across Lansdowne

69th St. Sewer and Culvert across Lansdowne AVe.

Typical House Drainage, Combined and Separate Systems (2008.001.0032)

Typical house drainage