Details
Creator Birkinbine, Henry P. M., artist.
Contributor Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer.
PA. Philadelphia. 1859.
Title Proposed stand pipe for Delware Water Works, Water Department, Philada. [graphic] / Henry P.M. Birkinbine
Publisher Philadelphia
Date [March 4th, 1859]
Physical Description 1 drawing : ink ; sheet 54 x 30 cm (24.25 x 12 in.)
Description Architectural drawing showing the front elevation of a stone building with a stand pipe adorning a pyramid hip roof proposed for the Delaware Water Works, formerly the Kensington Water Works. Building includes brick details around the doorway and the five windows. Ornamental details adorn the standpipe. The waterworks, completed in 1852, at the foot of Wood Street (i.e., Susquehanna Avenue) near the Delaware River provided water for the district of Kensington. Also includes an inset depicting an interior section of pipe. Chief Engineer of the Water Department H.P.M. Birkinbine recorded the need for a stand pipe at the Delaware Water Works in his 1858 Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Works of the City of Philadelphia (published 1859). He publically announced proposals for enlarging the Delaware Water Works, including a stand pipe in 1864. A new standpipe was completed in 1865.
Notes Title and date from item.
Manuscript note below title on recto: Scale 1/8 in. to a foot.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
See Annual report of the chief engineer of the Water Works of the city of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1859), p. 10. [Am 1859 Phil Pa Water 52642.O .9 (Hare)].
See also Philadelphia Inquirer, June 4, 1864, p.6 and Public Ledger, January 13, 1865, p. 1.
Subject Delaware Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Water towers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Architectural drawings -- 1850-1860.
Ink drawings -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer.
Associated name PA. Philadelphia.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors [P.2018.62.1]
Accession number P.2018.62.1