Details
Creator Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer.
Contributor Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer.
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer.
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer.
Title Fairmount (Philadelphia, Pa.) [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1865
Date ca. 1865
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 8 x 17 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description View looking south from the east 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), stand pipe (built 1852), and the pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows the boat landing serving as a terminus for paddle boats to Manayunk and East Falls and a boat house with signage advertising, "Pleasure Boats to Hire of Various Kinds." The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr.
Notes Attributed to Robert Newell.
Yellow mount with square corners.
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Gift of Ivan Noble.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Fairmount Water Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Waterworks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Boathouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Boat landings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
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 [7992.F.16]
Accession number 7992.F.16