| Creator |
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer. |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
|
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
|
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
|
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
| Title |
Turbine wheel house Fairmount. [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 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
View looking north through a pavilion of the old mill house showing the new mill house (built 1862) at the Fairmount Water
Works on the Schuylkill River. The waterworks, originally built after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff,
were altered and remodeled after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until
1872.
|
| Notes |
Attributed to Robert Newell. |
|
Title from accompanying label. |
|
Yellow mount with square 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 |
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
|
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.122c] |
| Accession number |
(3)1322.F.122c |
