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Lafayette Historic Tour of Fairmount Water Works

FWW Lafayette Tour

Join the staff from the American Friends of Lafayette and the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center for a guided interpretation of the Water Works, the 1815 engineering marvel that so impressed Lafayette on his Philadelphia visit.

Selected tours will include excerpts from the extensive writings of both Lafayette and his secretary, Auguste Levasseur, about their experience at the site that has now been declared a National Historic Landmark.

Learn more here.

640 Water Works Drive