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Creator Smith, John Rubens, 1775-1849, artist.
Title [A view of Fairmount and the Water-Works. [graphic] : Taken from the veranda of Harding's Hotel, Schuylkill]
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1837
Date [ca. 1837]
Physical Description 1 print : watercolor, pencil and gouache on paper ; 38 x 56 cm. (15 x 22 in.)
Description View looking toward the water works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. In the foreground, elegantly dressed women and men sit and stand on the veranda admiring the vista as street and pedestrian traffic approaches and departs from the covered Upper Ferry Bridge. Traffic includes horse-drawn carriages and men, women and children walking or standing on the bridge, looking over the rail at the Schuylkill River below. Canal barges travel under the bridge and in the canal lock across from the water works. The water works include the engine house, mill house, and pavilions on the mound dam and on reservoir hill. A water fountain and trees complete the view. Also shows businesses and residences behind the water works in the background. The Lancaster-Schuylkill Bridge, known as the Upper Ferry Bridge, was erected 1809-1812, with Robert Mills serving as architect and Lewis Wernwag as engineer. Served as the basis for the lithographed view created by J.T. Bowen after a fire destroyed the bridge in 1838.
Is referenced by Bloomsburg Auctions (Firm). Jay T. Snider Collection, 272
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 262
Subject Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Covered bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Canal boats -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Lancaster-Schuylkill Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Watercolors -- 1830-1840.
Pencil works -- 1830-1840.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department | Third Floor Storage [P.2008.34.12]
Accession number P.2008.34.12