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Schuylkill Navigation Co. canal and Fairmount Water Works in the distance [graphic].
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James McClees Philadelphia Photograph Collection
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Creator
M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.) photographer.
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer.
Title
Schuylkill Navigation Co. canal and Fairmount Water Works in the distance [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1855
Date
Spring 1855
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen mounted on paper; 15 x 23 cm.(6 x 9 in.)
Description
View of the Schuylkill Canal lock in front of the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, mill house, and standpipe on Reservoir Hill of the waterworks. Also shows an anchor on the lock. Canal and lock constructed in 1820 following an agreement between Philadelphia and the Schuylkill Navigation Company (incorporated 1815) for the city to build the system in return for constructing a dam and receiving the water rights to the water works.
Notes
Title and date from transcribed scrapbook inscription.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
McClees 1855-1a.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Biographical / historical note
McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Subject
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill Navigation Company -- Facilities.
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Canals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Locks (Hydraulic engineering) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Associated name
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - McClees - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.119a]
Accession number
(3)1322.F.119a
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James McClees Philadelphia Photograph Collection
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