Topics Sewers & Drainage

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

International Exhibition situation plan, 1876

Centennial Exhibition situation plan, 1876

Captain Sewer and Michael Nutter, 1998

Captain Sewer and Michael Nutter, 1998

69th St. Sewer and Culvert across Lansdowne

69th St. Sewer and Culvert across Lansdowne AVe.

Rudolph Hering

Rudolph Hering

Duplex Pumping Engine, Belmont Works

Duplex Pumping Engine, Belmont Works

Typical House Drainage, Combined and Separate Systems (2008.001.0032)

Typical house drainage

Diagram of the Philadelphia Water Department's wastewater treatment process

Wastewater Treatment Process diagram

Flashback Friday … the 13th!

A list of rules governing the sanitary maintenance of privy vaults in Philadelphia in 1915

Be Thankful You Don’t Live in Pre-Flush Philly