Watersheds Schuylkill River Watershed

Fairmount Steam Works (1815)

Twenty-fourth Ward (or West Philadelphia) Works, 1855

The Centre Square Works, 1801

Centre Square Engine House, location of one of two steam engines used in the city’s original water system. Engraving by Birch.

Centre Square Engine House, ca. 1807

DeLaval Beauty Shots 6

Electric Pump Installations at Lardner’s Point Pumping Station