| Contributor |
Mills, Robert, 1781-1855, architect. |
|
Wernwag, Lewis, engineer. |
|
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector. |
| Title |
Water works of Philadelphia on the Schuylkill. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[London] |
| Publisher |
ENG. London. 1827 |
| Date |
[1827] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: lithograph; 11 x 20 cm. (4.25 x 7.75 in.) |
| Description |
Book illustration of a view looking south showing the Fairmount Water Works and the Lancaster-Schuylkill Bridge. The water
works include the engine house and mill house originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer
Frederick Graff. The single span bridge, also known as the Upper Ferry Bridge, was erected 1809-1812 with Robert Mills serving
as architect, and Lewis Wernwag as engineer. The bridge burned 1838 and was replaced by the Wire Bridge at Fairmount (built
1841-1842).
|
| Notes |
Manuscript note below title: From "DeRoos 'Personal Narrative and travels in U.S." London, 1827!!! |
|
Published in F.F. De Roos's Personal narrative of travels in the United States and Canada in 1826 ....(London: W.H. Ainsworth,
1827), opp. p. 44. [Am 1827 DeRo 6310.O].
|
|
Philadelphia on Stone |
|
POS 822 |
|
Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook of "Illustrations of Philadelphia." |
| Subject |
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Covered bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Lancaster-Schuylkill Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Lithographs -- 1840-1850. |
|
Book illustrations -- 1840-1850. |
| Associated name |
Mills, Robert, 1781-1855, architect. |
| Associated name |
Wernwag, Lewis, engineer. |
| Provenance |
Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Public Utilities [(1)1525.F.59e] |
| Accession number |
(1)1525.F.59e |
