Topics Water Supply

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

Diagram showing heights of reservoirs, dams, standpipes &c, 1894

Ornate black-and-white title page to the 1836 sheet music for The Fairmount Quadrilles

The Fairmount Quadrilles, 1836

New Mill House at Fairmount (2008.001.0046)

New Mill House at Fairmount

View of Fairmount Water Works, ca. 1827

PWD's Lance Butler holds a flathead catfish caught in the Schuylkill River

PWD’s Lance Butler with an invasive flathead catfish

PWD's Joe Perillo with a large striped bass

Joe Perillo with a large Schuylkill striper in 2015

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

Water Before and After Roxborough