View looking north from the forebay showing the race bridge at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Also shows the ascending mains connected to the old mill house after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, Jr. during the replacement of the house's water wheels by turbines between 1867-1872. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., List of over fifty views of Fairmount Park issued by publisher printed on verso., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
H. Ropes & Co.
Date
ca. 1872
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Ropes - Public Utilities [P.9644.17]
Winter view looking from the old mill house at the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the race bridge, used as a floodgate, leading to the snow-covered terrace of the new mill house. Also shows the Lemon Hill estate, the boat landing, and boathouses north of the waterworks. The waterworks, originally constructed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff , were altered and expanded after the designs of Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Attributed to Robert Newell., Title from accompanying label., Yellow 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
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date
ca. 1868
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.122e]
