Details
Creator Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist.
Contributor Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer.
Title [Water works in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher [United States]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1837-1900
Date [ca. 1837-ca. 1900]
Physical Description 1 print: color, mounted on board; sheet 38 x 51 cm (15 x 20 in.)
Description Landscape view looking west from Reservoir Hill showing the Fairmount Water Works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Includes the engine house, mill house, and race bridge. Also shows visitors strolling the landscaped grounds of the works; scullers on the river; residences, including probably Lemon Hill, along the bucolic banks of the Schuylkill River; the Schuylkill Canal lock; and the river dam.
Notes Title from slightly variant image in the collections of the Yale University Art Gallery.
Gift of David Doret.
Trimmed.
Subject Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dams -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Team rowing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Recreation -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Locks (Hydraulic engineering) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Associated name Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2022.62.3.15]
Accession number P.2022.62.3.15