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Fairmount Water Works

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
· 1815 - 1911
Historical Marker Database · Devry Becker Jones
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Fairmount Water Works was powered at different periods by steam, water wheels, and water turbines.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · United States

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