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Watering Committee to Water Department: History of Fairmount Water Works

Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia

Join us for a guided interpretation of the 1815 engineering marvel that is the Fairmount Water Works, a National Historic Landmark. Find answers to questions on how the Water Department […]

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Disease, Public Health and Fairmount Water Works Tour

Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia

Learn how an epidemic influenced the transition from wells to using the Schuylkill River as a drinking water source for Philadelphia.  Throughout the history of the Fairmount Water Works, disease […]

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The Green City, Clean Waters Tour of the Fairmount Water Works

Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center 640 Water Works Drive, Philadelphia

Philadelphia is spending billions of dollars to direct rain into the ground instead of the river. Join us as we tour examples of green stormwater infrastructure from Lloyd Hall of […]