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Lardner's Point Pumping Station was initially known as The
Frankford Pumping Station.
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| An 1877 engineer's sketch showing the route of the 30" water main
running from the new Lardner's Point Pumping Station, up Robbins Ave. then south on State
Rd., then north on the line of Devereaux St. to the Wentz Farm Reservoir north of Comly
St. and Second St. Pike. The water main crossed Wissinoming Creek on a 1002' trestle
supported by piles. See below. The first water pumped by the Pumping Station
reached the reservoir on December 10, 1877. |
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Lardner's Point Pumping Station in the early 1900s. |
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In 1907, The Lardner's Point Pumping Station burned
17,400 tons of coal to pump 15 billion gallons to water users in Philadelphia. |
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