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Philadelphia's First Water Works

NATIONAL HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDMARK 1801                       1815 PHILADELPHIA MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM HERE AT CENTRE SQUARE STOOD PHILADELPHIA'S FIRST WATER WORKS THE FIRST PUBLIC WATER...

NATIONAL HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDMARK

1801                       1815

PHILADELPHIA MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM

HERE AT CENTRE SQUARE STOOD

PHILADELPHIA'S FIRST WATER WORKS

THE FIRST PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM IN AMERICA

TO USE STEAM FOR LARGE SCALE PUMPING

A.S.C.E. 1975

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