Topics Water Supply

Fairmount Water Works and the Lemon Hill Observatory

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

Two views on the water supply, 1939

Fairmount Water Works in High Resolution

Rebirth of the Rivers: Water History Video 3

Map Lover’s Monday: Fairmount Park, 1869

Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)

Wire Bridge at Fairmount

Schuylkill Navigation lock at Fairmount (Picturesque America)

Dobson FLP

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

Early photographs of Fairmount and vicinity, 1848

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

Bottled vs. Tap in 1906