Public Health
The location of where to dump wastes during the Industrial Revolution in Philadelphia
What is the Schuylkill River
What city was the first place to make water a municipal responsibility in America
What is Philadelphia
The first power/ energy used to pump water from the Schuylkill River
What is steam engine/power?
In 1815 FWW opened and operated as a _____
What is a pumping station? Never filtered water.
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.
What lead to our waters being cleaner than they were 50 years ago?
What is the Clean Water Act (1972)?
Designer of FWW and unofficially invented the fire hydrant
Who is Frederic Graff?
The reason FWW switched from steam power to the Water Wheel to pump water
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.
The year the dam was built, at the time the longest dam in the world!
What is the year 1821
The present day location that was once the reservoir FWW pumped water to
What is the Philadelphia Art Museum?
How Philadelphians got their drinking water before drinking from the Schuylkill River
What are groundwater wells?
Engineer who introduced steam engines for pumping water in Philadelphia
Who is Benjamin Latrobe?
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 year that FWW shut down as a pumping station
What is 1909?
The Water Wheel needed 30 gallons of water to pump ____ gallon(s) up the hill
What is 1 gallon?
The way that Yellow Fever was believed to be spread and the way that it was actually spread
What is dirty water (believed reason), mosquitos (actual reason)
The artist who made all the sculptures around FWW
Who is William Rush?
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)
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.
Name 2 consequences that happened after the dam was built
What is slowing down water for 6 miles upstream, and fish populations being hurt. Silt Island was created after the dam was built due to slowed water, and a fish ladder was built by the dam to help migratory fish get upstream
Water-borne illnesses that affected the population of Philadelphia greatly during/after the Industrial Revolution
What are Typhoid Fever and Cholera
A famous writer who visited and wrote about FWW
Who are Charles Dickens, Frances Trollope, Mark Twain?
The location of the first pumphouse (Hint: not FWW)
Where is Center Square or present day City Hall?
The Aquarium closed in 1962, and then in 1962 the ____ opened in FWW.
What is the pool? The first integrated swimming pool in Philadelphia was in FWW until 1973
The person that pushed for Fairmount Park to be created and why
Who is Frederic Graff Jr., to protect the river and surrounding land from industrial impacts.