Creator |
Bartlett & French, photographer. |
Contributor |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
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Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
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Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
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McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
Title |
Fairmount from the locks. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
Date |
[ca. 1868.] |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 17 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
Description |
View looking from above the Schuylkill Canal lock showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill
house; new mill house (completed 1862); the standpipe, distribution arch, and pavilion on Reservoir Hill; and a man standing
on the rocks forming the lock. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer
Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P. M. Birkinbine and Frederick
Graff, Jr. until 1872.
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Is part of |
Philadelphia and vicinity. No. 14 |
Notes |
Title from accompanying label. |
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Yellow paper mount with square corners. |
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
Subject |
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Canals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Standpipes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Locks (Hydraulic engineering) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
Associated name |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bartlett & French - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120c] |
Accession number |
(3)1322.F.120c |