Details
Creator M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Morris, William E. 1812-1875, engineer.
Title Spring Garden Water Works. [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1858
Date September 1858
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen; 22 x 28 cm.(8.75 x 11 in.)
Description View showing the rear of the engine house at the Schuylkill Water Works (formerly the Spring Garden and Northern Liberties Water Works) at the foot of Thompson Street on the Schuylkill River. Also shows the water basin of the waterworks lined by a fence in the foreground. The waterworks, completed circa 1845 after the designs of engineer William E. Morris, provided water to the Spring Garden, Northern Liberties, and Kensington neighborhoods.
Notes Title and date from manuscript note on verso.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
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 Schuylkill Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Thompson Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Morris, William E. (William Ellis) 1812-1875, engineer.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - McClees - Public Utilities [(6)1322.F.32b]
Accession number (6)1322.F.32b