Water supply

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water supply--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Water pollution--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Pumping stations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Testing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Waterworks--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Water supply--New Jersey--Sussex.

Local Subjects:

Water supply--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Water pollution--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Pumping stations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Testing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Waterworks--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Water supply--New Jersey--Sussex.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

3 maps

79 photoprints : silver gelatin

Place of Publication:

1914-1946

Summary:

Contains views related to Philadelphia water supply. Portrays city council members visiting water supply sites, and at water hearings, and the testing of water. Depicts the exterior of the Spring Garden Water Works, Lardner's Point, and the High Pressure Pumping Station. Shows the process of water filtration and a proposed water tank. Documents people using town hydrants during the water shortage and people from Academy Heights in line for water after a pump failure. Highlights people drinking purified water because tap water is polluted. Depicts ways in which water is wasted in the home. Includes wiews of filtration at the Northeast Treatment Works, machinery at the Torresdale plant, and interiors of the Queen Lane Filter Plant. Portrays workmen in manholes turning off water lines. Portrays Sussex, N.J. residents filling buckets of water from milk cans after a water line break.

These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and

Notes:

Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection; for general information, see collection record.