Creator |
De Young's Palace Dollar Store (Firm) |
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 |
Fairmount Waterworks Ph'a [graphic]. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia : Published by De Young's Palace Dollar Store, 704 Chestnut St |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1876 |
Date |
[ca. 1876] |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.) |
Description |
View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works and Schuylkill Canal lock. Shows
the old engine house, altered old mill house with peristyle temple, and the standpipe and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also
shows a pile of wood planks on the canal lock in the foreground and the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount in the far right
background. The waterworks, originally built 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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Is part of |
American scenery of all parts of the country |
Notes |
Yellow mount with rounded corners. |
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Publisher's imprint printed on mount. |
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Title from manuscript note on verso. |
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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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Canals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Locks (Hydraulic engineering) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Suspension bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River. |
Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount (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 - De Young's - Public Utilities [P.9356.1] |
Accession number |
P.9356.1 |