Mill_Creek_West_Philadelphia_1883.jpg


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English: Mill Creek Sewer, ca. 1883, at 47th Street and Haverford Avenue in West Philadelphia .
  • Depicts the laying of a section of the 21-foot sewer pipe that was used to encapsulate and bury Mill Creek . The project ran from 1869 to 1894.
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Source Philadelphia Water Department
Author Unknown author Unknown author

Published by Adam Levine, Historical Consultant, Philadelphia Water Department, on his Philly H2O site.

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