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[Record Group 85]
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- 85.1 Annual Reports
- 1890, 1913-1923,
For other Annual Reports between 1887 - 1938, see Office of the Mayor, Annual Reports
Location: City Archives, 3101 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- 85.2 Improvement Program. Annual Reports
- 1947, 1949-1951
4 volumes
Each volume gives a summary account of the amount of capital improvement work undertaken by the Department of Public Works during each year along with a written summary of the work, chronological tabulation of the important legislative actions of Council, tabulation of loan fund authorizations, and location and description of work and its status at the time of the report.
Location: City Archives, 3101 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- 85.3 Correspondence
- 1887-1923; missing 1908-1912, 1914-1919
4 cu.ft., no index
Includes letters of complaint, resignations, recommendations; also includes copies of certificates issued (e.g., for use of fire attachments, street sprinklers).
Location: City Archives, 3101 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- 85.4 Information Reports
- 1913-1916
9 volumes, no index
Includes:
Abolition of Grade Crossings in South Philadelphia, 1913
Political Assessment of Office Holders, 1913
Business Methods in Municipal Works, 1913
A Financial History of the Philadelphia Electric Company, 1914
Procedure for Locating Street Improvement, 1914
Collection and Treatment of Sewage in Philadelphia, 1914
"Plain Talk," 1914
The Unemployed in Philadelphia, 1915
The Torrens System of Land Registration, 1916
Location: City Archives, 3101 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- 85.5 Report on Flood Control, Frankford Creek
- October 1947
1 volume, index
Prepared by Knoppen Engineering Company: Surveys previous investigations and projects on subject, flood history and damages, existing conditions, required flood control capacity and several proposed plans.
Location: City Archives, 3101 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- 85.6 South Philadelphia Railroad Track Elevation. Papers
- 1917-1929
3 cu.ft., no index
Include agreements, estimates, copies of contracts, detailed progress reports, drawings.
Location: City Archives, 3101 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- 85.7 Agreements
- 1920-1921, 1925, 1929
4 volumes, no index
Includes Agreement with Penn Reduction Company for City's use of Company's plants for garbage reduction and disposal, 1920, 1921;
Agreement with Pennsylvania Railroad Company for improvement of certain sections of the City, East and West of the Schuylkill River, the removal of the Filbert Street Elevated Railroad and construction of an underground railway station east of the Schuylkill and of new Passenger Stations west of the Schuylkill River, 1925;
Agreement with Reading Railroad concerning abolishment of grade crossings in Chestnut Hill, 1929
Location: City Archives, 3101 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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