Topics Water Supply

Fairmount Water Works: The Surprising History of an American Landmark

Philadelphia drinking water 90+ years ago

Water Bureau Newspaper Scrapbook, 1942-1952

Laboratory Alkalinity test, ca. 1943

Making It Safe to Drink: Water History Video 2

Rebirth of the Rivers: Water History Video 3

Dobson FLP

You would not have wanted to drink it: Philadelphia’s water supply in 1884

Image shows three bottles of water, one clear, one dark and one with sediment floating in it.

Bottled vs. Tap in 1906

Board of Health Newspaper Clipping Scrapbooks at City Archives of Philadelphia, 1891-1908

CITIZENS’ BUSINESS: 1939-1946

State of the Schuylkill River in 1876: Sewage pollution and possible remedies

Oak Lane Reservoir pipeline, 1904

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

Birkinbine Schuylkill Hydrographical Survey 1861-66

Two reports on the state of the Schuylkill River, 1867