| Creator |
H. Ropes & Co. |
| Contributor |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
|
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
| Title |
Pavilion [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
New York: H. Ropes & Co., 323 Broadway, manufrs of stereoscopes & graphoscopes |
| Publisher |
NY. New York. 1872 |
| Date |
[ca. 1872] |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
View looking northwest from the forebay at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River showing the peristyle temple
(i.e., pavilion). The pavilion, built after the designs of Frederick Graff, Jr., was added to the old mill house between 1867
and 1872 during alterations to the structure to replace the building's water wheels with turbines. Also shows the ascending
main connected to the old mill house during the remodeling.
|
| Is part of |
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. 12 |
| Notes |
List of over fifty views of Fairmount Park issued by the publisher printed on the verso. |
|
Publisher'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. |
|
Millraces -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Pipes (Conduits) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Schuylkill River (Pa.) |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
| Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1774-1847, engineer. |
| Associated name |
Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, engineer. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Ropes - Public Utilities [P.9281.5] |
| Accession number |
P.9281.5 |
