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Powers & Weightman manufacturing chemists Philadelphia [graphic] : East view of Schuylkill Falls Laboratory. Office at City Laboratory Ninth & Parrish Sts. New York Office No. 6 Maiden Lane / By W.H. Rease.
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Creator
Rease, W.H.
Title
Powers & Weightman manufacturing chemists Philadelphia [graphic] : East view of Schuylkill Falls Laboratory. Office at City Laboratory Ninth & Parrish Sts. New York Office No. 6 Maiden Lane / By W.H. Rease.
Publisher
[Philadelphia, W.H. Rease]
Date
[ca. 1860]
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph, tinted with two stones; 59 x 76 cm. (23 x 29.75 in.)
Description
View showing the laboratory complex established in 1848 on Ridge Avenue near Schuylkill Falls (i.e., East Falls). In the foreground, the “No. 40” coal-tender locomotive approaches from one of the series of tracks surrounding and within the factory grounds. Nearby, a line of freight cars, some covered in tarp rest on a set of tracks. Within the factory grounds comprised of processing plants and storage sheds, a horse-drawn cart travels and stacks of wood slabs are piled on an elevated, centrally-located piece of land. Smokestacks adorn several of the buildings. Another stack of wood and hillside are visible in the right background. In 1847, Powers & Weightman succeeded Farr & Kunzi (established in 1818), and became internationally renown for their manufacture of medicinal and other fine chemicals. The company was the first to introduce quinine to the United States. A second factory complex operated between 9th, Parrish, Brown, and Darien Streets. The East Falls operation included housing for employees.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 105
Notes
pdcp00035
Philadelphia on Stone
Free Library of Philadelphia: Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories and Foundries (N-Z)
Subject
Powers and Weightman.
Chemical industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Factories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
East Falls (Pa.)
Genre
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1850-1860.
Advertisements -- 1850-1860.
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia.| Print and Picture Collection. FLP| FLP Oversize Philadelphiana - Factories and Foundries (N-Z)
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection
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