Topics Technology & Engineering

Black-and-white image of an ornate white building on a riverbank with trees behind it

A new book, more than 40 years in the making, about an iconic Philadelphia building

Fairmount Water Works: The Surprising History of an American Landmark

Philadelphia drinking water 90+ years ago

Water Bureau Newspaper Scrapbook, 1942-1952

Annual reports and other documents relating to Philadelphia’s water supply system, 1796-1992

Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800

Centre Square Water System

Queen Lane Water Works (1894)

Torresdale Water Works (1907)

Lardner’s Point Pumping Station (1902)

Belmont Works (1870)

Roxborough Works (1869)