| Contributor |
Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.) |
|
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
|
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
|
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
| Title |
Fairmount. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] : [Thos. S. Wagner's lith., 38 Franklin Place] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1858 |
| Date |
[ca. 1858] |
| Physical Description |
1 item : lithograph, hand-colored and mounted on wood ; 14.5 x 19.5 cm. (5.75 x 7.25 in.) |
| Description |
Puzzle showing a Reading Railroad Co. train with passengers in the foreground and the Fairmount Waterworks and Wire Suspension
Bridge from the west bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia in the background. Includes spectators surrounding a hot
air balloon behind the train and rowers and a steamboat on the Schuylkill River. 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. The Wire Bridge of Fairmount, the first suspension bridge in the
United States, was built over the Schuylkill River from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. and was
removed in 1874.
|
| Notes |
One of four puzzles housed in clamshell box. |
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Reading Company. |
|
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River. |
|
Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Steamboats -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Balloons (Aircraft) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Rowing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
|
Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860. |
|
Jigsaw puzzles -- 1850-1860. |
| Associated name |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
| Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
| Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *albums (flat) - Four Lithographic Puzzles [8418.F.1] |
| Accession number |
8418.F.1 |
