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Northern Liberties & Spring Garden Water Works. [graphic] / Drawn from nature by Thos. M. Scott ; C.K. [C.C. Kuchel].
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Creator
Kuchel, Charles Conrad, b. 1820. artist.
Contributor
Scott, Thomas M., artist.
Morris, William E. 1812-1875, engineer.
P.S. Duval & Co., printer.
Title
Northern Liberties & Spring Garden Water Works. [graphic] / Drawn from nature by Thos. M. Scott ; C.K. [C.C. Kuchel].
Publisher
Philadelphia : P. S. Duval & Co.'s steam lith. press
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1852
Date
1852
Physical Description
1 print : tinted lithograph with hand-coloring ; 44 x 64 cm. (17.25 x 25.5 in.)
Description
Oblique view of the front and north flank of the one-and-a-half story granite engine house at the Spring Garden and Northern Liberties Water Works (later known as the Schuylkill Water Works) at the foot of Thompson Street on the east bank of the Schuylkill River. In the foreground, an empty horse-drawn cart is stopped near a pump, where a man fills a bucket with water. A man stands with his arms crossed in the side door, a couple strolls arm in arm, and three men stand and converse at the foot of the stairs of the engine house entrance. Includes a canalboat (named the Captain T.M. Scott, after the artist) on the river, along with a partial view of the water basin of the waterworks lined by a fence in the background. The waterworks, completed circa 1845 after the designs of engineer William E. Morris, provided water to the Spring Garden, Northern Liberties, and Kensington neighborhoods.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 254
Notes
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 512
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc88 N 874.
Subject
Spring Garden and Northern Liberties Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Twenty-fourth Ward Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Pennsylvania.
Geographic subject
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Thompson Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre
Lithographs -- Tinted -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860.
Associated name
Morris, William E. (William Ellis) 1812-1875, engineer.
Printer
P.S. Duval & Co., printer.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **W254 [P.2128]
Accession number
P.2128
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