Topics Water Supply

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Bacteria in Delaware River, Torresdale Filters, 1913

PWD water tech at the Philly Home Show, 1960

PWD water tech at the Philly Home Show, 1960 (detail)

Gillette Schuylkill mud cartoon

‘Gillette, All By Himself, Gets Fine New Idea On Germ Slaying’

Torresdale Conduit work gang, 1906

Torresdale Conduit work gang, 12/18/1906

Belmont Filters construction 1903

Belmont Filters construction, 1903

Finished Upper Roxborough filters, 1903

Finished Upper Roxborough filters, 1903

Upper Roxborough filter beds

Upper Roxborough filter beds under construction, July 1902

McDonnell filter advertisement

McConnell Germ-Proof Filters ad

Spring Garden water testing lab, 1901

Bureau of Water Spring Garden Testing Station, 1901

Centerfold of 1955 brochure depicting the Southeast Sewage Treatment Works

Southeast Sewage Treatment Works diagram, 1955

1914 map showing the plan for the collection and treatment of sewage in Philadelphia.

Plan for the Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Sewage, 1914

Two bottles of water from a river, one dark with pollution and one clear after filtration

Water Before and After Roxborough