Topics Sewers & Drainage

2008 map showing historic Dock Creek with adjacent historical features

Map of Historic Dock Creek

History of Belfield (1934)

Black-and-white diagram showing streets and the Little Tacony Creek

Frankford Creek Watershed: A historical overview of the Philadelphia section

Frankford Creek Watershed Historical Timeline

Color image of a grassy field with trees and buildings surrounding it and white lines drawn on the grass mimicking the path of a creek.

Drawing Dock Creek

Overbrook, as it was

Black-and-white image showing sewer outlet, retaining walls and body of water

Glossary of Drainage Terms

Oak Lane Reservoir pipeline, 1904

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia

Diagram and description of the typhoid bacteria

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia, Part 6

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia, Part 5

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia, Part 4

A Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain, 2006

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia, Part 3