Flashback Friday … the 13th!: We get creepy with a loathed sewer creature
December 13, 2019 | Adam Levine, PWD Historian
Have We Had ‘A Day Without Water’?: As long as we’ve had infrastructure, rivers have provided.
October 31, 2019 | Adam Levine, PWD Historian
The Day Fairmount Dam Vanished: 150 Year-Anniversary of the Schuylkill’s Worst Flood: A new series on Philly water history with Adam Levine
October 4, 2019 | Adam Levine, PWD Historian
A century and a half ago today, the worst Schuylkill River flood ever recorded nearly wiped out Philadelphia’s drinking water infrastructure. Historian Adam Levine has the story.
Read More →What Does History Have to Do with My Missing #34 Trolley?: Mill Creek History and Upcoming Talk
June 18, 2019 | Adam Levine
In response to the public interest in a giant hole on Baltimore Avenue caused by a sewer issue earlier this month, Philadelphia Water Department in-house historian Adam Levine will offer his Mill Creek: Stream to Sewer presentation on Tuesday, June 25 at the University of the Sciences.
Read More →Resident Helps Spot—and Preserve—Some of Philly’s Oldest Water Infrastructure
May 4, 2017 | Brian Rademaekers
In a city as old as Philadelphia, there’s a chance you’ll come across something historic pretty much any time you put a shovel into the ground. That was the case on Wednesday, May 3 as workers replaced a water line along the 900 block of Spruce Street. During their excavation, they came across what looked like old logs…
Read More →History, Nature, and Green Stormwater Tools: Tour this Roxborough Gem with Local Experts
May 1, 2017 | Brian Rademaekers
Philadelphia Water Department historian Adam Levine and PWD staff members are hosting a walking tour of the long-ago retired Upper Roxborough Reservoir—a place whose past illuminates both the roots of its Northwest Philly neighborhood and the evolution of Philadelphia’s modern-day water infrastructure…
Read More →Infrastructure Week Throwback: Graff Collection Shines Light on Early Water Champion, Artist
May 18, 2016 | Brian Rademaekers
This post explores the foundations of Philadelphia’s water infrastructure as we continue to highlight the crucial systems that keep Philly running during Infrastructure Week 2016.
Read More →Come Out and Hear the Cobbs Creek Story!
November 18, 2015 | Brian Rademaekers
We know that people who are aware of their local watershed and the challenges it faces—along with why that water is important—make for better stewards. They care about issues like keeping pet waste and litter out of the streets that ultimately drain into the watershed. And they know what an important role programs like Green City, Clean Waters play in protecting their watershed
Read More →Throwback Thursday: Philadelphia Water Commissioners, Past and Present
November 5, 2015 | Brian Rademaekers
The photo above is a throwback to the 200th anniversary kickoff event for the Fairmount Water Works held this year on September 10—but it’s also a throwback to four decades of leadership at Philadelphia Water.
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