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Fairmount Water Works: The Surprising History of an American Landmark

Water Bureau Newspaper Scrapbook, 1942-1952

Laboratory Alkalinity test, ca. 1943

Making It Safe to Drink: Water History Video 2

Queen Lane Water Works (1894)

Torresdale Water Works (1907)

Belmont Works (1870)

Roxborough Works (1869)

The Water Works of the City of Philadelphia. The Story of their Development and Engineering Specifications.

Oak Lane Reservoir pipeline, 1904

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia: A seven-part course

William Penn balks at drinking the "mixed drink" offered him: Schuylkill water, mixed with pollution from the upstream sources named. Editorial cartoon by Fred Morgan, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 6, 1899. One of a series of cartoons drawn by Morgan protesting the state of the city's drinking water and trying to encourage the passage of legislation authorizing the construction of a water filtration system.

Half a Century of Clean Water

PWD water tech at the Philly Home Show, 1960

PWD water tech at the Philly Home Show, 1960 (detail)

Belmont Filters construction 1903

Belmont Filters construction, 1903