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

Fairmount Water Works: The Surprising History of an American Landmark

Philadelphia drinking water 90+ years ago

Water Bureau Newspaper Scrapbook, 1942-1952

Repurposing Old Infrastructure: Water History Video 5

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

Fairmount Park topographical map, showing East Park Reservoir, 1872

The Discovery Center: The creative reuse of an abandoned city reservoir

Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)

Hand-drawn and colored map depicting a river with streams branching off of it

Map Lovers’ Monday: 1891 Water Supply Plan

Drawing in blue ink on beige paper depicting reservoir, dam and standpipe heights

History of East Park Reservoir, Philadelphia, Pa., 1869-1889

Birkinbine Schuylkill Hydrographical Survey 1861-66

Two reports on the state of the Schuylkill River, 1867