Details
Creator Cremer, James, 1821-1893.
Contributor Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer.
Title North west from basin [graphic] / James Cremer, photographer and publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
Publisher Philadelphia: James Cremer
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1875
Date [ca. 1875]
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount, hand-colored; 9 x18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.)
Description View showing a section of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Depicts the terrace of the new mill house built on the mound dam from 1860-1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Also shows one of the pavilions of the old mill house, the pavilion at the end of the pier of the mound dam, and a boathouse on the east bank of the river in the upper right corner of the image
Is part of Scenery in Fairmount Park. 231
Notes Title from label pasted on verso.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
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.
Terraces -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Boathouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Stereographs -- Hand-colored -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- Hand-colored -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Birkinbine, Henry P.M., engineer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Cremer - Public Utilities [P.9260.14]
Accession number P.9260.14