Topics Water Supply

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

Plan of Philadelphia, John Hills, May 30, 1796

Plan of Philadelphia, John Hills, 1796

Early photographs of Fairmount and vicinity, 1848

Spring Garden Northern Liberties, or Schuylkill Works (1844)

Spring Garden water testing lab, 1901

Bureau of Water Spring Garden Testing Station, 1901

Northern Liberties and Spring Garden Water Works

Northern Liberties and Spring Garden Water Works