Library Record
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Metadata
Type |
Newspaper |
Collection |
Philadelphia Water Department |
Summary |
Newspaper clipping scrapbook, 1920-1929. Each catalog record corresponds to a page in the scrapbook. See SUBJECTS heading for abstracts of articles on each page. This index was compiled in 2004 by PWD Intern Annie Cheng. |
Catalog Number |
2004.014.0062 |
Subjects |
Photo #1, title: Perkiomen Creek at Greenlane, caption: A sweeping view of the Perkiomen at Greenlane, which is several miles above Collegeville, Source: Bulletin, March 24, 1923 Photo #2, title: Where It is Proposed to Build a Big Reservoir to Augment[ation], caption: Icehouse at Greenlane, eighty feet high, which will be the approximate height of the proposed reservoir, Source: Bulletin, March 24, 1923 Photo #3, title: Philadelphia's Water Supply, caption: One of several dams above Greenlane which add to the picturesqueness of the stream that is the heart of the $20,000,000 project, Source: Bulletin, March 24, 1923 Engineers Praise Hall Water Plan, George W. Fuller Calls Project to Ultimately Cost $135,000,000 "Safe and Sane", Mayor is Favorable, Source: Bulletin, March 23 Photo #4, title: Scene of Proposed Reservoir, caption: In this section would be created under Councilman Hall's plan a water supply system surpassing any other except New York's. An enlarged dam would be erected to hold billions of gallons, Source: Bulletin, March 26 $6,000,000 Spent on Water Works, Surveys Made for Tapping of New Sources, Source: North American, April 11, 1923 City Engineers to have Outing, Source: Record, June 21 House Puts Bills Through Looking to Use of Water, Passes Delaware River and Giant Power Survey Measures, Source not known |