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30th Street Sewer

30th Street Sewer

69th St. Sewer and Culvert across Lansdowne

69th St. Sewer and Culvert across Lansdowne AVe.

Ventilating cover for manholes

Ventilating cover for manholes

Rudolph Hering

Rudolph Hering

Outhouse over Schuylkill near Pottstown

Outhouse over the Schuylkill near Pottstown

Sewage collection and disposal plan

Plan for the Collection, Purification and Disposal of the Sewage of the City of Philadelphia, 1912

Typical House Drainage, Combined and Separate Systems (2008.001.0032)

Typical house drainage

Diagram of the Philadelphia Water Department's wastewater treatment process

Wastewater Treatment Process diagram

Photo of a woman looking at a jar of raw, untreated sewage

Jar of raw sewage before treatment, 2000

City officials tour new interceptor sewer, 1953

Swimmers at Pier 126, Delaware River July 15, 1918

Swimmers at Pier 126, Delaware River, July 15, 1918

Photo of Allegheny Avenue Sewer, Pier 126, Delaware River, July 15, 1918

Allegheny Avenue Sewer at Pier 126, 1918