Topics Streams & Rivers

Fairmount Water Works: The Surprising History of an American Landmark

Two views on the water supply, 1939

Philadelphia drinking water 90+ years ago

The pipe beneath the rocky path

Map Lovers’ Monday: Los Angeles, 100 years ago

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

Fairmount Water Works in High Resolution

Houses on an abutment, from The Waffle

The Waffle: Water History Video 6

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

Creek to Sewer: Water History Video 1

Ghosts of Water in Fairmount Park, Part 1, with Adam Levine

Water Department Newsletters, 1959-1997

Water Bureau Newspaper Scrapbook, 1942-1952