Details
Contributor Bowen, John T., ca. 1801-1856?, printer.
Cresson, John C. 1806-1876, engineer.
Merrick, S. V. 1801-1870, engineer.
Title Philadelphia Gas Works. From the south west. [graphic] / John C. Cresson, engineer.
Publisher Philadelphia : Printed by J. T. Bowen
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1852
Date [ca. 1852]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, tinted with one stone ; 33 x 54 cm. (13 x 21.5 in.)
Description Exterior view looking northeast at the first Philadelphia Gas Works, expanded in 1850 after the designs of John C. Cresson, the second chief engineer of the gas works. View includes the coal stores, retort house, lime and coke sheds, lime kilns and house, purifying houses, gasholders, and railroad tracks situated on the 2200-2300 blocks of Market Street immediately east of the Market Street Permanent Bridge. The gas works were originally completed in 1834 after the designs of engineer Samuel V. Merrick. A second facility, the Point Breeze Gas Works, was built 1851-1854 at Passyunk and Schuylkill avenues after the designs of engineer John C. Cresson.
Is referenced by Wainwright 288
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 588
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc885 B786.
Subject Philadelphia Gas Works.
Gas industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Public utility companies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2200 block.
Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2300 block.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Cresson, John C. (John Chapman), 1806-1876, engineer.
Associated name Merrick, S. V. (Samuel Vaughan), 1801-1870, engineer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **W288 [P.2124]
Accession number P.2124