| Creator |
Hemple, Alfred H., fl. 1860-1879, photographer. |
| Contributor |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
|
Carty, Lewis, Jr., distributor. |
|
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
|
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
| Title |
Pavillion [sic] & flood gates [graphic] / [A]. H. Hemple, N.E. cor. 15th and Pennsylvania Ave. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1875 |
| Date |
ca. 1875 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 11 x 18 cm.(4.25 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
View looking south from the forebay of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the floodgates also known
as the race bridge; the peristyle temple (i.e. pavilion) on the altered old mill house; and the old engine house converted
to an ice cream saloon. Signage advertising "Ice Cream and Refreshments" adorns the saloon. Also shows women and children
standing by the balustrades above the flood gates. The Fairmount Water Works, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after
the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded by Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine
and Frederick Graff, Jr.
|
| Notes |
Distributor's imprint printed on mount: L. Carty, Jr., Sole Agent, 921 Spring Garden St., Phila. |
|
Gift of Francis Dallett. |
|
Lewis Carty operated a stationery business in Philadelphia at 921 Spring Garden Street. |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Ice cream parlors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
| Associated name |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
| Associated name |
Carty, Lewis, Jr., distributor. |
| Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
| Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Hemple - Public Utilities [P.9148.3] |
| Accession number |
P.9418.3 |
