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- Salt Line
- Same article as the one from 2004.012.0152, Source: September 20, 1924
- Sanitary engineering
- Sanitation / Communicable diseases
- Saving Face on Stream Pollution, Source: Inquirer, April 16
- Saving the Delaware, Source: Bulletin, February 10
- Say Caven Water Plan Will Save $75,000,000, Substitution for Hall Project, Moore Claims, Will Benefit City Greatly, Complete in Ten Years, Would Eliminate Schuylkill as Source of Supply at Cost of $60,000,000, Source not known
- Says City Beats Contractors' Work, Cleaning of Streets Far More Thorough, Neeson Declares, Refuse of Holiday's Celebrations Quickly Removed From Thoroughfares, Source: Inquirer, January 3, 1921
- Says Meters Would End Double Waste of Water, Bureau Estimates Saving at 78,000,000 Gallons Daily, Source: Ledger, November 21
- Says Meters Would Solve Water Problem, Source: Record, January 3
- Says State Water Board is 'On Trial', G.C. Ladner Tells Conservation Council Sanitary Body Defended Stream Polluters, Hits Forest Loan's Foes, Source: Bulletin, May 21
- Says Water Board Ignored 4 Sections, Dunlap Declares West Phila., Germantown, Chestnut Hill, and Roxborough are 'Let Out', Charges Cost Errors, Source: Bulletin, September 23
- Says Water is Cheap, Murdoch Claims Phila. Has Lowest Rate in America, Source: Inquirer, June 12
- Says Worry Killed Water Plant Chief, 'Overwork and Hounding' Caused Torresdale Engineer's Death, Widow Declares, Backs Dunlap Charges, Source: Bulletin, March 3
- S. Broad St. Unit of New Tube Begun, Excavating and Decking Operations Start Just North of Pine Street, Water Main Tested Today, Source: Ledger, November 3, 1927
- Scheduled Pay $4 a Day, Men Get Only $16 a Week, Councilmen Tell Kendrick Some City Employees Have Hard Time, Source not known
- Schuylkill
- Schuylkill at Pottsville Drops 6 Inches in One Day, Source: N. American, November 21
- Schuylkill Bed 'Dry' For a Mile, One Can Walk Across It in Section of Manayunk Without Wetting Shoes, 'Channel' is Hand Deep, Source: Bulletin, June 20
- Schuylkill Bridge
- Schuylkill Bridge to Carry Big Main, Independent Span at Girard Avenue Solves a Great Engineering Problem, Source: Ledger, October 12
- Schuylkill Canal Observes Birthday, Source: Ledger, July 6
- Schuylkill Cities To Unite in Fight Against Pollution, Plans for Creation of River Board Outlined at Meeting Here, Mayor Asked to Aid, Source: Record, June 28
- Schuylkill Dries Up, Pottsville Zone Suffers Worst Drought in Forty Years, Source: Ledger, July 23
- Schuylkill Fish Dying, Source not known
- Schuylkill Flow 122
- Schuylkill Low at Source, Fish Die as River Reaches Lowest Mark in History, Source: Bulletin, October 24
- Schuylkill Lowest in 6 Years; Water Shortage Possible, Towns Along River Already Suffer as Result of Drought, River Only Pools, Source: North American, September 30, 192[?]
- Schuylkill Navigation Co.
- Schuylkill Navigation Company and Canal
- Schuylkill Navigation Company / Schuylkill River (PA) -- History -- Pictorial works / Inland navigation -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Pictorial works / Canals -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Pictorial works / Locks (Hydraulic engineering) -- Pennsylvania -- History -- Pictorial works
- Schuylkill Report Tabled by Mayor, Suggestion That City Sue Firms for Polluting River Pigeonholed, Source: Ledger, March 17, 2004
- Schuylkill River
- Schuylkill River Dredging to Start, Obstructions to Rowing Will Be Removed at Boathouse Row, Work Commences Today to Clean Out Mud Flats in Vicinity, Source: Ledger, April 19
- Schuylkill River (Pa.)
- Schuylkill River (Pa.).
- Schuylkill River (PA) / City planning -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia / Rivers -- Pennsylvania
- Schuylkill River (PA) -- Description and travel
- Schuylkill River (PA) -- Description and travel / Schuylkill River (PA) -- History / Schuylkill River Valley (PA) -- Description and travel / Schuylkill River Valley (PA) -- History
- Schuylkill River (PA) -- History
- Schuylkill River (PA) -- History / Schuylkill River (PA) -- Description and travel / Schuylkill River Region (PA) -- Social life and customs / Schuylkill River Region (PA) -- Economic conditions / Philadelphia (PA) -- History
- Schuylkill River Region (PA) -- Economic conditions
- Schuylkill River Region (PA) -- Social life and customs
- Schuylkill Spanned by 48-Inch Water Pipes to West Phila., City Engineers Utilize Piers of Old Girard Avenue Bridge, Necessity of Tunnel Obviated by Using Part of Present Structure, Source: Inquirer, October 12
- Schuylkill Water is Needed, Source: Ledger, May 8
- Scientists Rap City's Costly Water Plan, Call for Elimination of River Pollution as Means for Solving Problem, Source: Record, October 15
- Scranton Water System is Sold, Federal Corporation Pays $27,705,000 and Assumes Bonded Debt, Source: Record, January 10
- Scrap New Water Plans, Experts S[ay], Unnamed Engineers Declare City's Supply Can Be Taken From Delaware, Trade Board Gets Report, Source: Ledger, October 20
- Second Main Break Causes Explosions in Chestnut St., Water Striking High Tension Wires in Conduit Makes Steam, Source: North American, February [14], 1925
- Second photo attached to the above article, "Big Main Break Floods Houses…" title: When Niagara Came to Snyder's Woods, caption: Not a picture of the famous American Falls at Niagara, but a photograph of one of the errant streams that radiated from a broken water main at 33rd and Oxford Streets...Below, a photograph of the damage to the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks from another of the streams, Source: Ledger, December 12
- Second photo attached to the above article, caption: "Carleton E. Davis, chief of the City Water Bureau", Source not known, December 31, 1922
- Second photo, caption: Reading Freight Cars held up by the miniature flood. The water poured down from the Pennsylvania Railroad, Source: Bulletin, December 12, 1925
- Section of City is Without Water, Intakes at Shawmont [Roxborough] Station Clogged by River Refuse, Germantown Goes Dry, Conditions Have Been Bad for Months, Due to Coal Strike, Source: Record, February 27
- Section of Oak Lane is Without Water for Two Days; Residents Bitter, Accuse Water Bureau of Neglecting Them After Break in Main 20 Feet Below Ground-Officials Pass Buck, Source: Record, September 13, 1926
- Section Without Water, Main Breaks at Front and Cumberland and Supply is Shut Off, Source: Ledger, June [9]
- Seek Shawmont [Roxborough] Station, Source: Inquirer, November 10
- Seek to End Pollution, Chestnut Hill Association Asks Mayor to Protect Water Supply, Source: Inquirer, July 2
- Seek to Forestall City Water Probe, Hall Cites Improvements in System During the Debate in Council, Would Also have Administration's Accomplishments Told to Grand Jury, Source: Inquirer, April 24
- Seek to Halt Water Waste, Municipal Research Bureau Advocates Prevention Campaign, Source: Bulletin, no date given
- See Water Pact as Forward Step, City Officials Believe Agreement Will Aid Selection of New Supply for City, Dunlap's View Differs, Source: Bulletin, January 26
- Senate Overrides Jersey Water Bill, Approves Measure to Appoint Commission to Study Delaware Use, Silzer Politics Scored, Source: Ledger, March 20, 1925
- Senators Flayed For Opposition to Pure Water Bill, Conservation League Head Calls for Defeat of Krause and Frazier, Mackey Also is Scored, Source: Record, May 8
- Serious Damage Avoided in Water Break, Source: Inquirer, December 14
- Seth M. Van Loan, Source: North American, May 6
- Sewage
- Sewage -- Analysis
- Sewage and Water, Source: Ledger, June 18
- Sewage disposal
- Sewage Disposal
- Sewage disposal New York (State) / Sewage disposal plants / Sewage -- New York
- Sewage disposal plants -- Design and construction
- Sewage disposal / Sewage -- Analysis
- Sewage disposal / Sewage -- Purification
- Sewage Disposal, Source: Bulletin, November 22
- Sewage purification
- Sewage -- Purification -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. / Sewage disposal plants -- Great Britain -- Design and construction
- Sewage purification / Sewage disposal
- Sewage purification / Sewage disposal / Bacteria
- Sewage purification / Sewerage
- Sewage purification / Water purification
- Sewage Treatment by New Plan Tried, Method Being Worked Out at Laboratories of Department of Public Works, Pollution of Rivers Will Be Ended When Program is Completed, Source: Inquirer, October 16
- Sewerage
- Sewerage / Sewage disposal
- Sewerage / Sewage purification
- Sewerage & Sewage Treatment / Water Supply & Purification
- Sewer rates
- Sewer Rates
- sewers
- Sewers
- Sewer System 23-30
- Shake-Up In City's 'White Wings' Near, Public Service Asks Caven for Payroll Lists; Stinger Ousted, Source: North American, January 7, 1921
- Shamokin Facing a Water Famine, Source: Inquirer, December 5, 1922
- Shamokin Water Supply Will Only Last This Week, Source: N. American, November 20
- Shawmont [Roxborough] Now Using Electrical Equipment, Change Necessitated Shutdown of Booster Pump for Two Hours, Source: Record, May 6
- Shawmont [Roxborough] Official Fired for Neglect, John H. Miller's Carelessness Jeopardized Plant's Safety, It is Charged, Source: Inquirer, March 29
- Shawmont [Roxborough] Pump Station Doomed, City Also Plans to Increase Queen Lane Station at Cost of $500,000, Meter Saving Cited, Source: Bulletin, January 2
- Shawmont [Roxborough] Pump Station to Change Power Tonight, Switch to Electricity Will Cause Shutting Off Water for 2 Hours, Source: Ledger, May 15
- Shore Water Pure, Iodine Content High Analysis Asked by State Shows, Source: Inquirer, October 31
- Shortage of Water Caused in Central City by Heat Wave, 450 Police Sent Into S. Phila. To Halt Opening of Hydrants, Hose and Lawn Sprinklers Also Banned as Downtown Buildings Face Hazard, Source: Inquirer, August [?]
- Shortage of Water, Source: Bulletin, June 11
- Should Start at Once to Improve City Water, Director Caven Urges Haste or Supply Cannot be Maintained, Source: Ledger, October 25
- Sign Tri-State Water Pact, Penna., N.Y. and N.J. Apportion Delaware River Supply, Source: Bulletin, January 12
- Silt and Waste Clog Schuylkill, Engineer's Trip Shows Cities From Manayunk Up are Polluting Stream, Fear Worse Condition, Source: Bulletin, March 29
- Silzer Would Have State Control Water Supply, Governor Tells Combined Clubs of Legislature's Dodging, Source: Record, April 7
- Skyscrapers
- Smith family / Smith, Russell, 1812-1896 -- Exhibitions / Smith, Xanthus 1839-1929 -- Exhibitions / Smith, Mary Priscilla Wilson, 1819-1874 -- Exhibitions / Smith, Mary Russell, 1842-1878 -- Exhibitions / Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Exhibitions
- Smith Signs Water Pact, Pennsylvania Bill on Tri-State Agreement Awaits Signature, Source: Ledger, March 19
- Snowflakes
- Something is Wrong With the Water Bureau, It Is Up to the Mayor to Find Out Whether It Is Lack of Money or Lack of Efficiency, Source: Ledger, no date given
- Some Things That Must be Done, Source: Inquirer, November 17
- So The People May Know, Source: Bulletin, June 10, 1924
- Source of the Water Meter Bill, Source: Inquirer, May 28
- Source of Water Supply Puzzling, Perkiomen Valley and Delaware River Believed Only Choices Before Commission, Schuylkill Limit Reached, Source: Ledger, April 8
- Source: Philadelphia City Archives, RG 60.2, Mayor's Papers, Box A-406 "1937 Water" Redrawn chart was cleaned up and recolored in Photoshop, with added information obtained from various sources, including typhoid deaths 1861-1936.
- Source protection
- South Philadelphia Drainage
- South Philadelphia Drainage Plans
- South Philadelphia / tidal marsh / The Neck / truck farms
- Speaking of Water, Source: Bulletin, March 18
- Special Analysis of City Water Results in Finding it Safe to Drink, Chemists Asked to Make Independent Tests After Many Complaints and Fears by Physicians That Increased Disease Resulted From Supply, Source: Ledger, February 12, 1923
- Specifying The Water Loan, Source: Bulletin, June 11, 1924
- Speed Ratification of Water Pact, Widespread Satisfaction Voiced Over Tri-State Agreement on River, Now Up to Legislatures, Source: Ledger, January 27
- Spigot vs. Bunghole, Source: Bulletin, March 18, 1926
- Springfield Water Co. in Merger, Source: Bulletin, May 10
- Springfield Water Co. Valued at $17,500,000, Certificate is Issued by Public Service Commission, Source: Ledger, April 15
- Spring Freshet Swells The Delaware at Trenton, Highest Water in Ten Years and Plants Suffer Losses, Source: Record, April 8
- Spring Garden
- Spring Garden 12-16, 26, 28
- Spring Garden 127, 167-171 (old and new stations)
- Spring Garden 62
- Stadia measurements / Stadia tables
- standpipe
- Standpipes
- State Board of Health / Public health -- Massachusetts
- State Engineers to View Phila. Water Project, Source: North American, October 24
- State Expert Lays Drought to Lack of Maintenance, Inadequate Supply of Coal Before Strike Also Blamed by Stevenson in Report, 'Fundamental Weakness' of System Shown, He Says, Findings Prove 'Gang, as Usual, Has Neglected Everything But Politics,' Pinchot Comments, Source: Ledger, March 8, 1926
- State Expert Lays Drought To Lack of Maintenance, Source: Ledger, March 9
- State Refuses Aid in City Water Drive, Board Also Accuses Phila. Of Contributing to Pollution, Source: Ledger, June 3
- States Share in Division of Water, Details of the Tri-State Pact for Apportioning Waters of the Delaware Given Out, Now Up to Legislatures, Sanitary Regulations and Reforestation Plans Are Included in Agreement, Source: Record, January 28
- State Water Pact Safe, Says Mayor, Kendrick, Regretting Attacks on Swaab, Declares City is Protected in Agreement, Called 'Grab' by Dunlap, Source: Bulletin, February 26
- State Will Study Sources of Water, Service Board Orders Engineers to Survey Conditions in Eastern Sheds, Joins With Health Heads, Source: Ledger, March 16
- Statistics -- United States
- Steamboats
- Steam-boilers -- Water-tube
- steam engine
- Steam engines
- Steam engines.
- Steam Engines
- Steam-engines -- Early works to 1850
- Steam-engines -- Great Britain -- History
- Steam-engines -- History
- Steam engines--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Steam - navigation - United States - History - 18th century
- Steam power plants / Boilers / Steam-engines -- Testing
- Steel Mills About to Quit; Mines Down As Drought Pinches, Shamokin, Johnstown and Other Places in Sight of Famine, Streams Go Dry, Source: North American, November 23
- Still Waiting to Be Shown, Source: Bulletin, October 31, 1924
- Stop Mayor's Police Power, Hadley Urges, Controller Favors Commission Named by Board of Judges or the Governor, Suggests Court Pick Civil Service Members, Also Proposes Plan to Get Water in Greater Volume from Nearby Sources, Source: Ledger, November 21
- Stopping Water Leaks, Source: Ledger, May 25
- Stop the Water Waste, Source: Record, January 3, 1925
- Storm and Strike, Fire Hazard is Increased as Water Pressure Falls Off, City Pumping Station Boilers Fail to Function With Substitute Fuels-Homes, Hospitals and Factories Handicapped. Ambulances Busy With Cold Victims, Source: Daily News, February 4
- Strains and stresses / Elasticity
- Stream ecology / Limnology / Freshwater biology
- Stream flow 142-149
- Stream Gauging
- Stream measurements / Irrigation
- Streams Set Low Mark; Many Fish Found Dying; Source: North American, November 20
- Street cleaning
- Street Cleaning Bureau Formed as Budget is Voted, Savings in Water Bureau Will Offset $7,000,000 Asked for New Dept.; to Rush Highway Repairs, Source: North American, November 20
- Street Cleaning Machines
- Streets.
- Streets Flooded by Bursting Main, Water Column Shoots Up [to] P.R.R. Bridge in Jasper St. Near Erie Ave., Traffic Forced to Detour, Source: Ledger, February 2
- Street Showers During Warm Weather, Source: Inquirer, August 18
- Streets -- Law and legislation -- Pennsylvania
- Streets Pennsylvania General Assembly
- Street Workers Flooded, Were Digging in Ditch When Water Main Burst, Source: Record, September 13
- Strength of materials
- Strength of materials / Building materials -- Testing
- Structural analysis (Engineering) / Graphic statics / Bridges / Roofs
- Stupendous Blunder and Goldbrick Seen in New Water Plans, Experts' Ideas Also Pronounced Peril to Health, Former Chief Dunlap Says Delaware at Torresdale is More Grossly Polluted Than Supply Source of Any City in United States, While Commission Programme is Extravagant, Filtered Sewage and Epidemic Menace Constant, While Projected System is Inadequate to Service Sought; Tapping of River at Yardley Suggested as Remedy With $60,000,000 Cost, Source: Inquirer, May 28, 1924
- Suburban Towns to Get More Water, Company to Lay New Main in Eastern Delaware County, More Pumps Promised, Source: North American, October 24
- Suburbs Still in Clutch of Water Famine, Workmen Fail to Rid Pumps of Debris From Flood-Hospital Operation Halted, Surgeons Handicapped; Patients in Jeopardy, Biles and Murdock Promise Better Equipment and Normal Supply Soon, 'Kiddie Kars' and Carts Become Water Wagons, Source: Ledger, February 28
- Subway Cleared, 16 Hours Required to Pump Out Broad Street Excavation After Main Bursts, Fifty Men Barely Escape, Source: Ledger, December 30
- Sue to Get Jobs Back, Three City Employees Bring Action Against Mayor and City Officials, Source: Inquirer, December 29, 1920
- Supporting the Power Board, Source: Bulletin, no date given
- Surveying
- Surveying -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Surveying -- Public lands -- United States / Mines and mineral resources -- United States / Public lands -- United States
- Surveyor
- Suspension bridges
- Susquehanna Gains a Little, Source: Record, December 11
- Swaab Answers Water Criticism, Will Never be Possible to Rid Schuylkill of Pollution, He Declares, "Great Expenditure" Hit, Source: Bulletin, June 5
- Swaab Locates Adequate Water Source for City, New Site on Delaware Above Water Gap Is Announced by Engineer to Commerce Chamber Board, Tri-State Treaty Will Allow Construction of Dam at Bushkill Creek to Develop Impounding Basin, Source: Inquirer, February 9, 1927