Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., View of a stone, double arch bridge carrying railroad tracks over Turtle Creek near Stewart's Station. A house and a church are visible in the distance.
Depicts an identified bridge spanning the drive near Sweet Briar Mansion in Fairmount Park., Numbered 2290 on recto., Sheet number: 86A10., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1910-1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
Depicts the s-curve of Lincoln Drive near an unidentified pedestrian bridge spanning Paper Mill (Monoshone) Run. View looking north toward Harvey Street., Contains 11 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1905-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Lincoln Drive - 76]
A cow grazes in a field near a small canal bridge. An unidentified mill building, surmounted by a water tank, sits adjacent to the bridge., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1895
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.20]
View of a stone arch bridge spanning an unidentified body of water and partially obscured by a tree. A house sits at the top of a hill nearby., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1895
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.28]
View of East River Drive (Kelly Drive) looking north from the Strawberry Mansion Trolley Bridge. Laurel Hill Cemetery occupies the land east of the tree-lined drive. A Philadelphia and Reading Railroad bridge spanning the Schuylkill River is visible in the distance., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.39]
View of an unidentified man with two young girls leaning against the wooden supports of a foot bridge near a dilapidated stone mill building on the Livezey homestead., Title supplied by cataloguer., Thomas Shoemaker constructed a dwelling and outbuildings, including a grist mill, from 1733 to 1739. Thomas Livezey purchased the property, including a grist mill, from Shoemaker in 1747 and named it Glen Fern. In 1909 became the Valley Green Canoe Club., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1895
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.50]
Depicts a locomotive crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River near Girard Avenue. The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, completed in 1867 after the designs of P.R.R. Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, served as the first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City., Numbered 23609 on recto. Publisher's monogram on verso., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Bridges - [P.9048.358]
View looking northwest on the Schuylkill River showing a man standing on the deck of a tugboat in the foreground. The first Girard Avenue Bridge, built 1852-55 by Adolphus Bonzano after designs by Rudolph Hering, is visible in the background., Title supplied by cataloger., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Photographer's imprint printed on recto., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator
R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date
photographed ca. 1872, printed c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Transportation [P.9299.74]
Pictorial lettersheet containing a bird's eye view showing Bridgeport (later Lemoyne) across the Susquehanna River from Harrisburg. Townscape lines the riverbanks and a train travels across a bridge parallel to a covered one. In the background, mountains are visible, and in the foreground, rail cars rest on tracks near the bottom of a hillside. Bridgeport was renamed Lemoyne in 1905., Printed below image: No. 1., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Creator
Magnus, Charles
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.135]
Depicts the low bridge carrying Kensington Avenue over the Tacony Creek in Frankford. Includes a boy leaning against the iron railing of the bridge looking down toward the creek and the camera. Also shows one of the stone abutments of the bridge, with a partial view of dwellings and businesses on Kensington Avenue in the background., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date
ca. 1895
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.4-8, P.9501.11]
Depicts a narrow section of Brandywine Creek over which spans a small, rustic pedestrian bridge. Includes a distant profile of a boy attired in a wide-brimmed straw hat, sitting on the grass near the creek., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Title from inscription on mount., Numbered #645 on mount., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
May 26, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.3]
Aerial views of the Henry Avenue Bridge (also known as the Wissahickon Memorial Bridge) under construction. The bridge spans Wissahickon Creek at Lincoln Drive and Henry Avenue and was built from 1930-1932 after designs by Ralph Modjeski and and Paul Cret. Areas of the city to the north and east of the bridge are also visible., Negative numbers: 13961n, 13963n, 14393n.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1931
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.13961n; P.8990.13963n; P.8990.14393n]
Aerial views of Crescent Boulevard (US Route 130/30) in Collingswood, New Jersey. Crescent Boulevard Bridge over the Cooper River and portions of Cooper River Park and Collingswood are visible. Initial construction on Crescent Boulevard Bridge began in 1926., Negative numbers: 8317., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Crescent Blvd, 1928.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1928
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.8317]
View showing three men standing on a stone footbridge spanning a creek in Jefferson Park, Chicago., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's stamp on verso: From Pierce & Snyder, 122 Dearborn St., Chicago., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Melander, L. M.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Melander - Parks [P.9022.52]
Landscape view from a hill looking down at a rustic foot bridge connecting two tree-lined paths in Landsdowne (i.e., Lansdowne) Valley in West Fairmount Park. A mans stands on the bridge., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9022.25]
Landscape view from a hill looking down at a rustic foot bridge connecting two tree-lined paths in Landsdowne (i.e., Lansdowne) Valley in West Fairmount Park. A mans stands on the bridge., Title from manuscript note on verso and printed on mount., Photographer supplied from duplicate photograph created by James Cremer: stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9022.25], Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893, photographer
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.8924.2]
Landscape view showing a rustic bridge in the background spanning a small stream flowing into a pond in the foreground. A man stands on the edge of the pond near the bridge., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Explicative paragraph of text providing brief history of Fairmount Park entitled, "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia" printed on verso. Text surmounted by vignette of state seal of Pennsylvania and surrounded by decorative border., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.8923.1]
View of a woman standing against the rail of a rustic bridge spanning a stream in Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note below image on mount., Distributor's stamp on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.2003.14]
Landscape view of a stone bridge spanning a creek. A small rowboat is docked in the foreground., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint printed on mount and on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Roberts & Fellows, formed by H.L. Roberts and Charles T. Fellows, succeeded Edward L. Wilson ca. 1887 and dissolved in 1891.
Creator
Roberts & Fellows
Date
[ca. 1887]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Roberts & Fellows [P.9521.4]
Rooftop view, probably from a building in the Monastery complex, showing a man standing with a horse-drawn cart on a dirt road leading to the trellised Kitchen's Lane Bridge. Bridge removed ca. 1925., Photographer's imprint on label partially visible on verso., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
Creator
Bartlett & French, photographer
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Parks [P.9462.10]
Glass negative showing the Wissahickon Creek, its stony banks lined with trees. Valley Green Bridge crosses the river in the distance., Photographer remarks: Overtimed, Time: 10:45, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
November 8, 1884
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.447]
Glass negative showing the Valley Green Bridge spanning the Wissahickon Creek. Trees grow on either side of the bank., Time: 11, Light: Fair sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
November 8, 1884
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.448]
Glass negative showing a series of pipes trussed up into a bridge spanning the Wissahickon Creek. A path with a wooden fence stands next to a deep gorge that leads down to the creek., Photographer remarks: In neg. preserver [crossed out]. Collodion flowed over plate., Time: 12:30, Light: Good sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
November 8, 1884
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.452]
Glass negative showing a distant view of Manayunk with buildings with tall smokestacks located on the left bank of a river. The right bank is filled with trees and the riverbed contains a few large rocks. A bridge across the river is visible in the distance., Time: 9:50, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
April 22, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.942]
Glass negative showing a page of an open book with a photograph of a bridge spanning a river in front of the hillside of Dole, France., Photographer remarks: From a picture of J.E. Wilkinson's., Light: sun out, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
July 7, 1891
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1627]
Glass negative showing a view of a farm surrounded by trees with a railroad bridge in the distance., Photographer remarks: Good picture, but too much detail. Several pin holes. Varnished., Time: 12:35 PM, Light: Rather hazy. Good light., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
June 24, 1882
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.12]
Glass negative showing a trestle railroad bridge in a wooded valley crpssing the Catawissa Creek. Various buildings stand on the bank., Time: 12:03, Light: good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
October 13, 1887
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1243]
Glass negative showing Brandywine River, a wide river with a rocky streambed. A row of trees lines the left bank and the covered bridge at Market Street is visible in the distance., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
November 26, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.811]
Glass negative showing the turnpike bridge extending over Naaman Creek at Claymont, Delaware. Trees are visible on either bank and behind the bridge. Naaman Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River, running through New Castle County, Del. and Delaware County, Pa., Photographer remarks: Too dense, too long development., Time: 10:25, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., The negative is dark and the subject is barely discernible., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
November 11, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1062]
Glass negative showing a wooden bridge spanning Brandywine Creek. Tall trees lean over the left bank. A pathway lined with grass runs down the right bank., Time: 11:20, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
December 20, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1384]
Contains views of the Strawberry Mansion Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River, built 1894-1896 by Russell M. Thayer and Theodore Cooper. Depicts the bridge in Fairmount Park from Strawberry Mansion and a view of the bridge with the boathouse in the background., Contains 6 postcards printed in color and 5 in black and white., Also known as the Fairmount Park Trolley Bridge., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1900-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Bridges - Strawberry Mansion - 14]
View looking northwest from East Fairmount Park showing the Falls Bridge also known as the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. The six-arched bridge, completed near the Falls of Schuylkill in 1853 by mason Christian Swartz, was utilized by the Richmond branch of the Reading Railroad. A covered bridge and factory buildings are seen in the background., Green mount with rounded corners., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Bridges - Falls Bridge [P.2003.24]
A woman holding a dark parasol over her head stands on a path in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park looking out over a rustic fence at the Schuylkill River. Girard Avenue Bridge is visible in the background., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9644.13]
On the bank of a river, three Africans build an ehem, or a "small boat." One breaks a piece of wood over his knee; another chops wood with an axe, and the third wades through the river with a bundle of wood on his back. The cloud of smoke rising from behind the boat suggests that the construction process has necessitated a fire. Behind them, a group of Africans paddle a finished ehem. In the background, a Jenge-Jenge, or an African bridge, stretches across the river. The bridge appears to consist of wooden planks, and each of its four corners is tied to a palm tree, so that two pairs of trees secure the bridge on either side. Ropes stretched between the trees also provide hand-rails. Two men are shown crossing the bridge; each carries a large bundle on his back., Illustration in Pieter van der Aa's La galerie agreable du monde, où l'on voit et un grand nombre de cartes tres-exactes et de belles tailles-douces, les principaux empires, roiaumes, republiques, provinces, villes, bourgs et forteresses . . . (Le tout mis en ordre & executé à Leide, par Pierre vander Aa [1729?])., In the absence of pagination, 41 has been written to the right of the set of images., A closely related version of the engraving (mirror image) had been published earlier in John Ogilby's Africa: Being an Accurate Description of the Regions of Aegypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid (London, 1670), p. 454., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Date
[1729?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Gen Gal v 60-62 1729.F n.p. (41), https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2946
Scenic view of the uncovered Market Street Permanent Bridge commissioned by the Schuylkill Bridge Company and completed in 1805 after the designs of engineer Timothy Palmer. Depicts horse-drawn carriages, wagons, and pedestrians traversing the bridge, and ships and barges sailing on the Schuylkill River. In the foreground, a man works on his loaded sailing vessel. Contains inset of "The Bridge as it appears now covered." The bridge, covered later in 1805 after the designs of Owen Biddle and redesigned in 1850 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, was destroyed by fire in 1875., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834
Date
[ca. 1820]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 43c/P.2276.75]
View photographed from the west bank of the Schuylkill River soon after the site's incorporation into West Fairmount Park. Shows the old Girard Avenue Bridge in the distance. The bridge, built in 1855, was razed circa 1871. A man lies on the bank in the foreground. The west bank of the river was incorporated into West Fairmount Park during the 1860s and 1870s., Attributed to John Moran., Title from manuscript note on mount., Light yellow mount with square 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., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
ca. 1862
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran- Rivers [(3)1322.F.122g]
View looking through the arched entrance of one of the two towers of the New Suspension Bridge built in 1868 over the Niagara River. A man sits and a man stands near the entrance. Also shows men standing on the bridge and the second bridge tower in the distance, Title from label on negative., Orange 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.
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9279.2]
View of the Fairmount Water Works and depicting the Engine House, Pavilion and Entrance Houses, and the Old Mill House. Also shows the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount in the right background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederic Graff, Jr., Title from text printed on mount., Date inferred from content., Text on negative: No. 90. Fairmount Water Works., Gift of David Doret, 2011., Image of Independence Hall is mounted on the verso: photo - unidentified - public utilities [P.2011.45.17]., Frederick Graff, Jr. (1817-1890) was chief engineer of Philadelphia's Water Department from 1847 to 1856 and 1866 to 1872. His father Frederick Graff (1774-1847) was superintendent of the Philadelphia Water Works in 1805 and recommended their relocation to Fairmount in 1811. He designed the Fairmount Water Works, which was constructed between 1812 and 1822.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo- unidentified - public utilities [P.2011.45.16]
Depicts the timber Howe truss bridge spanning the Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Perryville, Maryland. The bridge was 6,000 feet in length and was comprised of twelve 250 foot spans with a through truss at the center, and rose 94 feet above mean low tide. This bridge was replaced in 1908.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.33]
