Details
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer.
Rush, William, 1756-1833, sculptor.
Title [Forebay at Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1865
Date ca. 1865
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 8 x 17 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description View looking southeast from the rear terrace of the old mill house showing the forebay of the waterworks on the Schuylkill River. Also shows Reservoir Hill in the background, including William Rush's "Allegory of the Schuylkill River" or "Water Nymph and Bittern" fountain installed in 1827. Water sprays from the statue's base. The waterworks were originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff.
Notes Title supplied by cataloguer.
Orange mount with square corners.
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 Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Basins (Bodies of water) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Water Nymph and Bittern Fountain (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Associated name Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer.
Associated name Rush, William, 1756-1833, sculptor.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.121f]
Accession number (3)1322.F.121f