Fairmount Waterworks

On Friday we visited the Fairmount Waterworks Museum. it took us what felt like forever to get there. I learned what a fish ladder was used for. Many things contain water, such as trees, apples, people and elephants. For example, an apple contains 95% of water. there was also a sculpture of trash. It symbolized how people make the oceans polluted with trash and other items. When we were done looking at the sculpture, our tour guide took us to a board that showed us how much pollution that we are dumping into the ocean everyday. Next, we saw how fish migrate using the fish ladder. The movie that we then watched, explained how the damned worked and how it was created and processed over the years. I also learned that there are three main water facilities where the water travels through. The dam was being built in the 1800's to make the water go in a different direction so it could be able to get to us. It's powered by hydro power.