Contributor |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., former owner. |
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McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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Birkinbine & Trotter, engineer. |
Title |
Philadelphia Water Works. "Stand Pipe" 24th Ward Works. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1860 |
Date |
ca. 1860 |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 8 x 17 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
Description |
View showing the standpipe with an ornate spiral staircase erected at Thirty-Fifth and Sycamore streets as part of the Twenty
Fourth Ward Water Works also known as the West Philadelphia Water Works. Completed circa 1855 after the designs of engineers
Birkinbine & Trotter, the standpipe served as a reservoir for the waterworks located on the west bank of the Schuylkill River
above the Fairmount Dam. The standpipe was removed in 1870.
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Notes |
Title from manuscript note by Henry P.M. Birkinbine, Chief Engineer of the Water Department, on accompanying label. |
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Manuscript note on accompanying label: With respects of Henry P.M. Birkinbine Chief Engineer. |
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Blue mount with square corners. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. |
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Birkinbine & Trotter was a partnership between Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Edward H. Trotter (1814-1872). |
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See Poulson's scrapbook vol. VII, pg. 119 for clipping concerning the raising of the stand pipe dated December 15, 1853. |
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
Subject |
Twenty-Fourth Ward Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Standpipes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Thirty-Fifth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- at Sycamore Street. |
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West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
Genre |
Stereographs -- 1850-1860. |
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Albumen prints -- 1850-1860. |
Associated name |
Birkinbine & Trotter, engineer. |
Provenance |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., former owner. |
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McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(8)1322.F.3a-2] |
Accession number |
(8)1322.F.3a-2 |