Details
Creator Rease, W. H.
Title West view of Schuylkill Falls Laboratory. Powers & Weightman, manufacturing chemists, Philadelphia. [graphic] / By W. H. Rease.
Publisher [Philadelphia: W. H. Rease]
Date [ca. 1860]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with two stones; 46 x 70 cm.(18 x 27.5 in.)
Description View showing the laboratory complex established in 1848 on Ridge Avenue near a covered bridge in Schuylkill Falls (i.e., East Falls). Within the complex, laborers haul goods by horse among the several stone buildings, smoke stacks, and trees. Near the Schuylkill River in the foreground, other laborers move crates by a pulley on a pier. Also shows a man on foot and a wagon entering the bridge, a steamboat traversing the water, and a train traveling past the complex and several adjacent lots of pasture land in the background. In 1847, Powers & Weightman succeeded Farr & Kunzi (established in 1818), and became internationally renown for their manufacture of medicinal and other fine chemicals. The company was the first to introduce quinine to the United States. A second factory complex operated between 9th, Parrish, Brown, and Darien Streets. The East Falls operation included housing for employees.
Is referenced by Wainwright 446
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 828
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 38 Sch 89
Trimmed.
Subject Powers and Weightman.
Chemical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Factories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Covered bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Schuylkill River (Pa.)
East Falls (Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 38 Sch 89