| Creator |
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897 photographer. |
| Contributor |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
|
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
| Title |
Fairmount waterworks [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: Kiralfy Bros |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1876 |
| Date |
[ca. 1870], c1876 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 10 x 18 cm.(4 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
View looking south from the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the old engine house converted
to a refreshment saloon adorned with signage advertising,"Ladies Ice Cream Saloon" and "Ice Cream & Refreshments." Also shows
the ascending main connected to the old mill house during the replacement of the house's water wheels by turbines between
1867-1872 after the designs of Frederick Graff, Jr. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs
of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872.
|
| Notes |
Attributed to Robert Newell. |
|
Title from manuscript note on mount. |
|
Publisher's imprint printed on verso. |
|
Printed on mount: No. 4. |
|
Pink mount with rounded corners. |
|
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited. |
|
Gift of Jane Carson James. |
|
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. |
|
Pipes (Conduits) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
| Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
| Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [P.9299.68] |
| Accession number |
P.9299.68 |
