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View of the Wire Bridge at Fairmount, Philadelphia. [graphic] : Erected in 1842. / From nature & on stone by Geo. Lehman.
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Creator
Lehman, George, d. 1870, artist.
Contributor
Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886, printer.
Ellet, Charles, 1810-1862, engineer.
Title
View of the Wire Bridge at Fairmount, Philadelphia. [graphic] : Erected in 1842. / From nature & on stone by Geo. Lehman.
Publisher
Philadelphia: Lith. of P.S. Duval
Date
c1843
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 36 x 54 cm.(13.75 x 21 in.) image.
Description
View looking northeast from below the Wire Bridge of Fairmount, the first suspension bridge in the United States, built over the Schuylkill River from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. Show pedestrians, men on horseback, wagons and carriages approaching, crossing, and departing the bridge near the Fairmount Waterworks. Waterworks include the engine house, mill house, and pavilions on the mound dam and Reservoir Hill. Also shows people fishing on the river, a man carrying a fishing pole over a foot bridge to the canal lock, men seated on the incline to the bridge, and a hotel building. The bridge was removed in 1874.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 437
Notes
Copyrighted by George Lehman.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 809
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 7 W 798
Subject
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Suspension bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River.
Fishing -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River.
Geographic subject
Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1840-1850.
Associated name
Ellet, Charles, 1810-1862, engineer.
Location
Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 7 W 798
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