The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) hosted a tour for the Younger Member Forum of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Philadelphia Section. PWD engineers and public engagement staff showed off an important part of the river’s history: the Flat Rock Dam and the connecting Manayunk Canal.

The tour was led by Ian McKane, Resident Engineer for the Flat Rock Dam project, and included:

  • History of the dam and canal and the project reconnecting it to the Schuylkill River
  • Access to construction site to see coffer dam, lock system
  • Details on the structural work surrounding the new engineering

Thank you YMF of ASCE for visiting!