Creator |
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897. |
Contributor |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
|
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
|
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
Title |
View of wheel house, Fairmount. [graphic]. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1868 |
Date |
[ca. 1868] |
Physical Description |
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.) |
Description |
View looking northeast from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine
house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860) and stand pipe (built
1852) on Reservoir Hill. The waterworks, orginally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer
Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick
Graff, Jr.
|
Is part of |
Unidentified series No. 66 |
Notes |
Title from manuscript note on verso. |
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Attributed to Robert Newell. |
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Yellow mount with rounded corners. |
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of David Doret. |
Subject |
Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Standpipes -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
Geographic subject |
Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
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Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
Associated name |
Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer. |
Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [P.2010.6.9] |
Accession number |
P.2010.6.9 |