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Title: Schuylkill Navigation Co. canal and Fairmount Water Works in the distance
Description: View of the Schuylkill Canal lock in front of the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, mill house, and standpipe on Reservoir Hill of the waterworks. Also shows an anchor on the lock. Canal and lock constructed in 1820 following an agreement between Philadelphia and the Schuylkill Navigation Company (incorporated 1815) for the city to build the system in return for constructing a dam and receiving the water rights to the water works., Title and date from transcribed scrapbook inscription., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McClees 1855-1a., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: Spring 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.119a]

Title: Wire Bridge (Fairmount). From the southeast in the spring of 1855
Description: View looking from the east bank showing the Wire Suspension Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Also shows mills, factories, stables, and hotels lining both banks of the river. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874, Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on accompanying label., Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 5, page 63. The scrapbooks contained photographs of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia collected by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape., McClees 1855-3., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Bridges [(5)2526.F.7a]

Title: [Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount, Philadelphia.]
Description: View looking from West Fairmount Park showing the Wire Suspension Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. View also shows mills, factories, stables, and hotels lining both banks of the river. Two men stand in the foreground near a fenced property. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874., Attributed to James E. McClees., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Bridges [(3)1322.F.123h]

Title: Fairmount from below Lemon Hill
Description: View looking south across the Schuylkill River from below Lemon Hill showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, pavilion on the mound dam, and standpipe at the waterworks. Also shows boat landings; the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount; and cityscape. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff, were expanded until 1872., Title and date from manuscript note on recto., McClees 1858-10., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Philadelphia views., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: September 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Public Utilities [(6)1322.F.174a]

Title: Fairmount Suspension Bridge over the Schuylkill River. At the Fairmount Water Works. Erected in 1841
Description: View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Wire Suspension Bridge. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, built 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr was erected near the Fairmount Waterworks to replace Wernwag's Upper Ferry Bridge (burned 1838). It was removed in 1874 and replaced by the Callowhill Street Bridge. Also shows the hotel and/or railway depot at the foot of the bridge on the east bank., Title from accompanying label., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Bridges [(3)1322.F.118f]

Title: Fairmount Suspension Bridge, Philadelphia
Description: View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Wire Suspension Bridge. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, built 1841-1842 after the designs of Charles Ellet, Jr. was erected near the Fairmount Waterworks to replace Wernwag's Upper Ferry Bridge (burned 1838). It was removed in 1874 and replaced by the Callowhill Street Bridge. Also shows the hotel and/or railway depot near the foot of the bridge on the east bank., Photographer's imprint and publication information from duplicate. [(3) 1322.F.118f]., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Bridges [(3)1322.F.120k]

Title: Old Columbia Bridge over the Schuylkill River
Description: View showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, completed in 1834. Built after the designs of John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company, the bridge spanned over the Schuylkill River below Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park., Title from photographer's label on verso., Manuscript note on mount: Old Columbia Bridge. Philadelphia., Buff mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Bridges [P.9326.3]

Title: [Old Columbia Bridge over the Schuylkill River]
Description: View showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, completed in 1834. Built after the designs of John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company, the bridge spanned over the Schuylkill River below Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park., Title and publication information from similar stereoview by McClees., Light grey mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.)
Date: [1859]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McClees - Bridges [(3)1322.F.123a]

Title: [Fairmount Water Works forebay during the winter.]
Description: View showing the "Nymph with Bittern" statue at the east side of the icy forebay at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. The statue, sculpted in wood in 1809 by William Rush for the Centre Square Water Works, was installed at the basin in 1827. Also shows an elevated walkway to Reservoir Hill in the upper left corner of the image. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822, were altered and expanded until 1872., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [(6)1322.F.152]

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