Topics Water Supply

Fairmount Water Works and the Lemon Hill Observatory

Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872

Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)

Wire Bridge at Fairmount

Schuylkill Navigation lock at Fairmount (Picturesque America)

Queen Lane Reservoir pumping station

Queen Lane Pumping Station, proposed design

Pumping stations after Philadelphia's incorporation, 1854

Main Pumping Stations for Philadelphia Drinking Water

Black-and-white image of the title page of a government report

Perkiomen Water Supply Surveys, 1866

Black-and-white image of workers in a pit with a sewer opening behind them and text

Frankford Creek: Sad History of an Urban Stream title page

International Exhibition situation plan, 1876

Centennial Exhibition situation plan, 1876

Outhouse over Schuylkill near Pottstown

Outhouse over the Schuylkill near Pottstown

McDonnell filter advertisement

McConnell Germ-Proof Filters ad

Apparatus for testing Model Turbine Engines used at Fairmount, 1859-60

Apparatus for testing model turbine wheels used at Fairmount, 1859-60