Creator |
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer. |
Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
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Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
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Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
Title |
View from wheel house, Phila. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1865 |
Date |
ca. 1865 |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount mounted on paper; 8 x 17 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
Description |
View looking north from the old mill house at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the new mill house
(completed 1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine); the pavilion at the end of the pier of the mound dam;
and the dam. 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., until
1872.
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Notes |
Attributed to Robert Newell. |
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Buff mount with square corners. |
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Title from manuscript note on accompanying label. |
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Labeled copy at HSP. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. |
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
Subject |
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Dams -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
Associated name |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.122b] |
Accession number |
(3)1322.F.122b |