https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2017-01-27 18:40:24 UTC 2026-01-25 21:04:51 UTC hello@padlet.com 7942708 https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149970118 The Fairmount Waterworks was used to transport water to companies and homes 200 years ago(1817)]]> 2017-01-27 18:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149970118 7942708 https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149972515 The Schuylkill River water was pumped up to the mountain, hence the word Fairmount]]> 2017-01-27 18:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149972515 7942708 https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149973251 The builder of the waterworks wanted the water works to be beautiful, but to also have a purpose]]> 2017-01-27 18:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149973251 7942708 https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149973567 In the 1820's path's were built for visitors]]> 2017-01-27 18:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149973567 7942708 https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149974036 There is a dam in the river to redirect the water, but the dam was not built by beavers it was built 
by men]]> 2017-01-27 19:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149974036 7942708 https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149974504 The workers at the waterworks used pipes and tubes to bring the water into tanks and gravity brings the water down into the pipes.]]> 2017-01-27 19:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149974504 7942708 https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149975569 In 1817 when the workers pumped the water and didn't even have to clean it because the water was so pure]]> 2017-01-27 19:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149975569 7942708 https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149976471 Schuylkill River ---> Cleans the water ---> Homes and companies ---> waste water treatment ---> Delaware River]]> 2017-01-27 19:09:22 UTC https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149976471 7942708 https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149977474 Precipitation ---> Runoff ---> infiltration ---> Percolation ---> groundwater ---> transporation ---> evaporation ---> condensation]]> 2017-01-27 19:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149977474 7942708 https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149979009 Many fish lived in the Schuylkill River such as fish like the White Sucker Fish]]> 2017-01-27 19:19:06 UTC https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149979009 7942708 https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149979389 In Philadelphia built a pumping station to get water from the Schuylkill River, sometimes the tanks could't hold all the water in the tanks with all the demanding deliveries]]> 2017-01-27 19:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149979389 7942708 https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149979874 In 1869 the waterworks flooded up to 14 feet!]]> 2017-01-27 19:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149979874 7942708 https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149981369 Later on after people began to move to Philadelphia and trash began to fill the ocean. Fish died and people caught diseases because the water wasn't being processed. So, the waterworks had to be shut down]]> 2017-01-27 19:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/7942708/mv0cetzqud4h/wish/149981369