Creator |
H. Ropes & Co. |
Contributor |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
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Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
|
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
Title |
Water works. B [graphic]. |
Publisher |
New York: H. Ropes & Co., 323 Broadway, manufrs of stereoscopes & graphoscopes |
Publisher |
NY. New York. 1872 |
Date |
[ca. 1872] |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.) |
Description |
View looking north from Reservoir Hill at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River showing the forebay. Includes
a promenade on Reservoir Hill; a park guard standing near a handcart and leaning on a fence lining the mill race; and the
ascending main pipe connected to the old mill house during renovations between 1867 and 1872. Also shows the race bridge in
the background. 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.
|
Is part of |
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. 5 |
Notes |
Publisher's imprint printed on mount. |
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List of over 50 views of Fairmount Park issued by publisher printed 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. |
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Millraces -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Pipes (Conduits) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
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Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
Genre |
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
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Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
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 - Ropes - Public Utilities [P.9281.2] |
Accession number |
P.9281.2 |