Fairmount WaterWorks

Last Friday, July, 30th, I and my group members visited the Fairmount WaterWorks. We first took a long walk from 30th and Market to the location of the Fairmount WaterWorks along side of the Schuylkill River. After taking this walk a second time I felt as though I learned only a few new things about the area of the Schuylkill River. When we reached the Fairmount WaterWorks we walked through this well landscaped area and the Fairmount WaterWorks looked something like a mansion. I learned dozens of things while we went on this tour of the WaterWorks. I learned that at its time the Fairmount WaterWorks was the best technology of its time. I also learned that a brilliant man by the name of Frederick Graff made the Fairmount WaterWorks. I learned that because of the Fairmount WaterWorks Philadelphia had the first public water service and that the pipes were first made from wood until they switched them with metal pipes. It also surprised me that the Fairmount WaterWorks was the most profitable business of its time for over nine decades.