Details
Creator John A. Lowell & Co.
Title Sparks’ Philadelphia Shot Tower [graphic] / John A. Lowell & Co., Boston.
Publisher Boston : John A. Lowell & Co
Publisher MASS. Boston. 1870
Date [ca. 1870]
Physical Description 1 print : engraving ; sheet 34 x 26 cm (13.5 x 10 in.)
Description Exterior view depicting the 142-feet-high Sparks’ Shot Tower built by Thomas Sparks and John Bishop in 1808 at 129-131 Carpenter Street, Philadelphia. Includes partial views of adjacent two-story buildings. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalks. A man drives a two-horse cart down the street. Four generations of Sparks operated the Tower until 1903 when it was sold to the United Lead Company. The City of Philadelphia bought the site in 1913.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Spark's Shot Tower (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Carpenter Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 129-131.
Genre Engravings -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.35]
Accession number P.2019.64.35