Illustrated History of the Fairmount Water Works

The Fairmount Water Works was once the most visited place in America after Niagara Falls. Many famous people stopped there and left a record of their impressions. When and why was this famous Philadelphia landmark built? What problems was it meant to solve? Why was it shut down? How has it come to be preserved? Does it have current and future value? Explore these and other questions as Mr. Pundt walks us through the Water Works' fascinating history, lavishly illustrated with an abundance of images.

A. Leonard Pundt is a member of the Oliver Evans Chapter of the Society for Industrial Archeology. As a research consultant for the Philadelphia Water Department, Len recently edited and greatly expanded a comprehensive history of the Fairmount Water Works, originally begun by the late Jane Mork Gibson, that he is hoping to have published. A former Air Force officer and teacher, he previously lived in Philadelphia for over twenty years and currently resides in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, with his wife and two children.