History of Fairmount Water Works

Get the 'behind the scenes' scoop on Philadelphia's water supply system, past and present. Join Fairmount Water Works staff for a free guided interpretation of the 1815 engineering marvel that is the Fairmount Water Works, a National Historic Landmark. Find answers to questions on how the Water Department over centuries has provided water to the people of Philadelphia. Explore what has been, and continues to be, a major tourist attraction, exciting visitors such as Lafayette, Mark Twain, and Charles Dickens. The tour will finish inside the Water Works viewing their exhibits and the freshwater mussel lab.