Water Works Tour (near Art Museum) -- CANCELED
Becca Dickstein(s)
Rebecca Dickstein
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Membership Event
Registration Info
Registration is not Required
About this event
Come join us at Fairmount Water Works and Mussel Hatchery. FWW was designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and originally finished in 1815, it operated until 1909, winning praise for its design. It now serves as a popular tourist attraction on the importance of clean water in the City’s history.
The tour includes the Freshwater Mussel Hatchey, a research and demonstration facility aimed at restoring native freshwater mussel populations to improve water quality. As part the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, this initiative site breeds mussels—which filter pollutants like nitrogen and bacteria—to release into the Delaware River watershed.
FWW is located between the Philadelphia Art Museum and Boat House Row. The tour will be about one and a half hours. Their elevator is broken so this tour will NOT be handicapped accessible. The cost is $10 per person for seniors. Attendees can take the bus there, Route 32 or park on site. They have 2 hour free parking and on a Thursday, parking should be OK.
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