Architectural drawing showing the design for the flying buttresses for the standpipe erected at Thirty-Fifth and Sycamore Streets as part of the Twenty Fourth Ward Water Works (i.e., West Philadelphia Water Works) and completed circa 1855 after the designs of engineers Birkinbine & Trotter. Shows the flying buttress and three columns colored pink and blue. Part of the buttress is super imposed on the middle column depicted. The standpipe served as a reservoir for the waterworks located on the west bank of the Schuylkill River above the Fairmount Dam and was removed in 1870., Title from item., Date inferred from date of construction., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019., Birkinbine & Trotter was a partnership between Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Edward H. Trotter (1814-1872).
Creator
Birkinbine & Trotter, artist
Date
[ca. 1854]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.24]
Architectural drawing showing the design for the panels around the base of the standpipe erected at Thirty-Fifth and Sycamore Streets as part of the Twenty Fourth Ward Water Works (i.e., West Philadelphia Water Works) and completed circa 1855 after the designs of engineers Birkinbine & Trotter. Shows the panel with a decorative floral pattern and with measurements written in pencil around the piece and a label in the right indicating that it is “full size.” Above the panel image are two pieces, probably tabs to hold the panels, labeled “full size.” Also includes structural outlines marked with notes about “cement” and “1/2m” or “1/3m bolts.” The standpipe served as a reservoir for the waterworks located on the west bank of the Schuylkill River above the Fairmount Dam and was removed in 1870., Title from item., Date inferred from date of construction., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019., Birkinbine & Trotter was a partnership between Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Edward H. Trotter (1814-1872).
Creator
Birkinbine & Trotter, artist
Date
[ca. 1854]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.23]
