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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

Water Bureau Newspaper Scrapbook, 1942-1952

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

Centre Square Water System

Queen Lane Water Works (1894)

Roxborough Works (1869)

Germantown Works (1851) and Mt. Airy Works (1882)

Spring Garden Northern Liberties, or Schuylkill Works (1844)

Fairmount Water Powered Works Expansion (1859 to 1861)

Fairmount Water Turbine Wheels (1851)

Fairmount Water Powered Water Works (1822)