Creator |
Bartlett & French, photographer. |
Contributor |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
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Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
|
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
Title |
Fairmount Water Works. [graphic] / Photographed by Bartlett & French, Phila. |
Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1868 |
Date |
[ca. 1868] |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 17 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
Description |
View looking north past the old mill house showing the new mill house at the water works originally built between 1812 and
1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. The new mill house, built between 1859 and 1862 after the
designs of Philadelphia engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine, housed the engines that replaced the water wheels that previously
powered the waterworks.
|
Is part of |
Philadelphia and vicinity. No. 16 |
Notes |
Title and photographer's imprint printed on label pasted on verso. |
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Yellow mount with square corners. |
|
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.) |
|
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
Associated name |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bartlett & French - Public Utilities [P.9466.9] |
Accession number |
P.9466.9 |