epidemics
The way that Yellow Fever spread
What are mosquitos
The first power/ energy used to pump water from the Schuylkill River
What is steam power?
Engineer who introduced steam engines for pumping water
Who is Benjamin Latrobe?
The year the dam was built, at the time the largest dam in the world!
What is the year 1821
After closing in 1909, in 1911 FWW reopened as a ____
What is an aquarium? Tanks used Schuylkill River water that was polluted and made animals ill.
The reason Philadelphians believed they were getting Yellow Fever
What is dirty water? Residents needed new clean water source (Schuylkill River)
What is safety and less expenses. The Water Wheel was cheaper to operate and did not cause explosions like the previous steam-powered pumps had.
Designer of FWW and unofficially invented the fire hydrant
Who is Frederick Graff?
In 1815 FWW opened and operated as a _____
What is a pumping station? Never filtered water.
After the Aquarium closed in 1962, 1963 the ____ opened.
What is a pool? The first integrated swimming pool in Philadelphia was in FWW until 1973
Water-borne illnesses that affected the population of Philadelphia greatly after the Industrial Revolution
What are Typhoid Fever and Cholera
The reason the Water Wheel stopped operating twice a day
What are tides? Twice a day, a high tide would stop the Water Wheels from turning because the water would get backed up in the wells that turned the wheel.
The artist who made all the sculptures around FWW
Who is William Rush
What is the year that FWW shut down as a pumping station?
When is 1909?
How Philadelphians got their drinking water before drinking from the Schuylkill River
What are groundwater wells?
The machinery that pumped water all day without stopping and also pumped more water at faster speeds than previous methods.
What are Jonval Turbines (horizontal wheel, invented in France)
A famous writer who visited and wrote about FWW
Who are Charles Dickens, Frances Trollope, Mark Twain?
The reason FWW shut down as a pumping station
What is polluted waters. The water became so polluted by wastes that there were no fish in the river and it was undrinkable without first filtering it.
The location of where to dump wastes during the Industrial Revolution in Philadelphia
What is the Schuylkill River
The location of the first pumphouse (Hint: not FWW)
Where is Center Square or present day City Hall?
What city was the first place to make water a municipal responsibility in America
What is Philadelphia
The present day location that was once the reservoir FWW pumped water to
What is the Art Museum