| Creator |
M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
Ellet, Charles, 1810-1862, engineer. |
| Title |
Fairmount Suspension Bridge, Philadelphia. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia: M'Clees' stereoscopic photographs] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1859 |
| Date |
[1859] |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount mounted on paper; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Wire Suspension Bridge. The bridge, the first suspension
bridge in the United States, built 1841-1842 after the designs of Charles Ellet, Jr. was erected near the Fairmount Waterworks
to replace Wernwag's Upper Ferry Bridge (burned 1838). It was removed in 1874 and replaced by the Callowhill Street Bridge.
Also shows the hotel and/or railway depot near the foot of the bridge on the east bank.
|
| Is part of |
Views in and about Philadelphia, 1859 |
| Notes |
Photographer's imprint and publication information from duplicate. [(3) 1322.F.118f]. |
|
Title printed on mount. |
|
Buff mount with rounded corners. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Suspension bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River. |
|
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River. |
| Geographic subject |
Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1850-1860. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860. |
| Associated name |
Ellet, Charles, 1810-1862, engineer. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - McClees - Bridges [(3)1322.F.120k] |
| Accession number |
(3)1322.F.120k |
