With Waters Rising, Pennsylvania’s Historical Treasures Must ‘Adapt or Collapse’

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With Waters Rising, Pennsylvania’s Historical Treasures Must ‘Adapt or Collapse’

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With Waters Rising, Pennsylvania’s Historical Treasures Must ‘Adapt or Collapse’ - Inside Climate News

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PHILADELPHIA—Karen Young stood in a cavernous room perched on the edge of the Schuylkill River that was once a public swimming pool. Abandoned in 1972 after a hurricane, the old natatorium is part of the Fairmount Water Works, an interpretive center and event venue housed in a 200-year-old structure that powered Philadelphia’s municipal water system […]

As climate change supercharges floods and rainfall, the state’s water-adjacent landmarks are especially vulnerable.

By Kiley Bense

PHILADELPHIA—Karen Young stood in a cavernous room perched on the edge of the Schuylkill River that was once a public swimming pool.

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