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Title: I.P. Morris & Co. Works, Port Richmond, Philada
Description: View showing the iron works complex of the heavy machinery manufactory established by Levis, Joseph, and Isaac Paschall Morris in 1828. In 1846 the company expanded and relocated to the site in Port Richmond along the Delaware River. Complex included a foundry, a machinery shop, a smithery, and a boiler shop., Title from manuscript note on verso., Buff mount with square corners., Reproduced in Sarah J. Weatherwax's "'A frightful explosion': Frederic Graff, Jr. photographs the I.P. Morris & Co. disaster," Stereo World 27 (January/February 2001), p.16., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Graff, was an amateur Philadelphia photographer, engineer, and superintendent of the Fairmount Waterworks. In the 1850s, I.P. Morris & Co. constructed a pumping engine for the waterworks after Graff's designs.
Creator: Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, photographer
Date: ca. 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graff - Industry [8353.F.19]

Title: [I.P. Morris & Co. Works, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, after boiler explosion of October 19, 1861]
Description: View showing the ruins of the iron works complex of the heavy machinery manufactory established by Levis, Joseph, and Isaac Paschall Morris in 1828. In 1846 the company expanded and relocated to the site along the Delaware River. A man stands amongst the wreckage of the boiler shop. The explosion was purportedly caused by the spraying of cold water on the furnace., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff mount with square corners., Reproduced in Sarah J. Weatherwax's "'A frightful explosion': Frederic Graff, Jr. photographs the I.P. Morris & Co. disaster," Stereo World 27 (January/February 2001), p. 17., Explosion described in Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin, October 21, 1861. (LCP 3-B-4,5)., Duplicate of (8)1322.F.43a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Graff, was an amateur Philadelphia photographer, engineer, and superintendent of the Fairmount Waterworks. In the 1850s, I.P. Morris & Co. constructed a pumping engine for the waterworks after Graff's designs.
Creator: Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, photographer
Date: [October, 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graff - Industry [8353.F.20]

Title: Results of boiler explosion at I.P. Morris & Co. Works, Port Richmond, Philada Oct. 19 / 61
Description: View showing the ruins of the iron works complex of the heavy machinery manufactory established by Levis, Joseph, and Isaac Paschall Morris in 1828. In 1846 the company expanded and relocated to the site along the Delaware River. A man stands amongst the wreckage of the boiler shop. The explosion was puportedly caused by the spraying of cold water on the furnace., Title from accompanying label signed by the photographer., Buff mount with square corners., See Sarah J. Weatherwax's "'A frightful explosion': Frederic Graff, Jr. photographs the I.P. Morris & Co. disaster," Stereo World 27 (January/February 2001), p. 17., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Duplicate of 8353.F.20., Explosion described in Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin, October 21, 1861. (LCP 3-B-4, 5)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Graff, was an amateur Philadelphia photographer, engineer, and superintendent of the Fairmount Waterworks. In the 1850s, I.P. Morris & Co. constructed a pumping engine for the waterworks after Graff's designs.
Creator: Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, photographer
Date: October, 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graff - Industry [(8)1322.F.43a]

Title: [Results of boiler explosion at I.P. Morris & Co. Works, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Oct. 19 / 61]
Description: View showing the ruins of the iron works complex of the heavy machinery manufactory established by Levis, Joseph, and Isaac Paschall Morris in 1828. In 1846 the company expanded and relocated to the site along the Delaware River. The explosion was purportedly caused by the spraying of cold water on the furnace., Title from manuscript note on verso signed by the photographer., Buff mount with square corners., Reproduced in Sarah J. Weatherwax's "'A frightful explosion': Frederic Graff, Jr. photographs the I.P. Morris & Co. disaster," Stereo World 27 (January/February 2001), p. 18., Explosion described in Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin, October 21, 1861. (LCP 3-B-4, 5)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Graff, was an amateur Philadelphia photographer, engineer, and superintendent of the Fairmount Waterworks. In the 1850s, I.P. Morris & Co. constructed a pumping engine for the waterworks after Graff's designs.
Creator: Graff, Frederick, 1817-1890, photographer
Date: October, 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graff - Industry [8353.F.21]

Title: The port, Philadelphia. Loading ships from cars
Description: View of an active railway pier at Port Richmond on the Delaware River showing several dock workers, including African Americans, unloading pipe sections from railway cars onto a docked ship. In the right, the workers use pulleys to move the pipes from the cars, one of which is marked “N.Y.C.” In the left, workers on the ship look down at the scene. Port Richmond was owned by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company starting in the mid-1850s., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from photographic medium and content., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Photo Illustrators (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1935]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8836.27]

Title: Richmond Chemical Works near Philadelphia N. Lennig & Co. Offer for sale
Description: Advertisement card showing a view of the large chemical works for N. Lennig & Co., also known as Tacony Chemical Works, established in 1831 at Richmond and Ann streets in Port Richmond. Several of the buildings contain smokestacks, and most are absent or only contain a few windows. In the foreground, a man leans on a fence lining the road, while behind him, a horse-drawn carriage and man on horseback travel in front of the complex. Also contains a list of 20 chemicals produced by the factory, including Chloride of lime, Aqua fortis, and Muriate of tin, printed below the image. The works ceased operations circa 1848 following the relocation of the plant to Bridesburg beginning in 1847., Date supplied by Wainwright., pdcc00006, Name of printer printed on stone with incorrect first initial "P.", Philadelphia on Stone, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 26:1A, Kollner operated from 6 Bank Alley in 1844.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [1844]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Castner 26:1A

Title: Simes' storage warehouse & yards. Trenton Avenue, Somerset, and Fulton sts. Philadelphia. Down-town office, 224 Walnut St Receive furniture and merchandise of all kinds. Issue receipts and makes advances
Description: Advertisement showing the storage warehouse operated by James B. Simes, built 1879-1880, and connected with the yards of the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroads in Port Richmond. Horse-drawn carts loaded with goods enter and depart from the main five-story warehouse. Behind the main building, smaller warehouses; piles of coal, lumber, and barrels; and train tracks are visible. Train tracks also surround the warehouse facilities and four trains travel around and within the complex. Also shows a family, including a child with a hoop, in the lower right corner of the image. Two of the buildings and a fence marked with the name of the business. The warehouse specialized in the storage of furniture, bulky valuables, and paintings in addition to machinery, building materials, lumber and heavy goods., Image annotated with the names of the streets., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 217, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 39 S 583
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 39 S 583

Title: [Delaware River waterfront north, vicinity of Port Richmond, Philadelphia.]
Description: Aerial view of the riverfront from the vicinity of Columbia Avenue looking north. The Reading Railroad Company railroad terminus and Port Richmond are visible in the distance, as are industrial buildings and piers along the riverfront. Ships sail on the river., Negative numbers: 4873., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Philadelphia, Pa, N.E. Waterfront, 1925.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.4873]

Title: Read Guard Infantry Company attached to Col. Chantry's regiment now accepted. Attention! Volunteers!! Men wishing to go into immediate active service, have now the opportunity. Recruiting stations, at cor. of Riehmond [sic] & Ann Sts., Richmond, 25th Ward
Description: The 66th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers was organized in May and June, 1861, by Alfred W. Chantry, originally for the Reserve Corps; it was mustered in Sept. 1861; Col. Chantry was relieved of his command Jan. 18, 1862; the regiment was disbanded and the officers and men reassigned in early 1862. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 2, p. 632, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 81, The illustration shows a mounted officer facing three standing officers., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; imperfect: torn at head, affecting some text., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 66th (1861-1862)
Date: [1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.12 (McAllister)

Title: [Independent Pier Company, Tioga Marine Terminal, Delaware Avenue at Tioga Street, Port Richmond, Philadelphia.]
Description: Aerial views of the Independent Pier Company at the Tioga Marine Terminal along the Delware River in Philadelphia. Adjacent pier are visible and a large ship is docked at the facility. Businesses lining Delaware Avenue just west of the riverfront can be seen as well., Negative numbers: 16099n., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Independent Pier Co., Phila, Pa., October 19, 1933.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1933
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.16099n]

Title: Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad terminus on the Delaware River, vicinity of Lehigh Avenue and Richmond Street, Port Richmond, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the terminus of the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad at Port Richmond, Philadelphia. Railroad ends at the Delaware River, where an extensive network of railroad tracks, piers and industrial buildings are visible along the riverfront, many of which served the coal trade. Large ships are visible on the river and portions of the city to the north and west of the terminus can be seen in the distance., Negative numbers: 2841, 2842, 4862., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.2841; P.8990.2842; P.8990.4862]

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