Contributor |
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 on Schuylkill [graphic]. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1870 |
Date |
ca. 1870 |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.) |
Description |
View looking south from Lemon Hill in East Fairmount Park. Shows the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River, including
the old engine house; the old mill house; and the observatory arch, standpipe and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. View also includes
a group of girls standing near a tree on the estate in the foreground. The waterworks, originally constructed 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 |
Title from manuscript note on verso. |
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Yellow mount with rounded corners. |
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Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited |
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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. |
Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
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Lemon Hill (Pa. : Estate) |
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. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9260.93] |
Accession number |
P.9260.93 |