Architectural drawing showing a tower with arch details at the base and a spire adorned with a flag., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from possible Philadelphia water works context., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date
[ca. 1855]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors [P.2018.62.4]
Architectural drawing showing the front elevation of a stone building with a stand pipe adorning a pyramid hip roof proposed for the Delaware Water Works, formerly the Kensington Water Works. Building includes brick details around the doorway and the five windows. Ornamental details adorn the standpipe. The waterworks, completed in 1852, at the foot of Wood Street (i.e., Susquehanna Avenue) near the Delaware River provided water for the district of Kensington. Also includes an inset depicting an interior section of pipe. Chief Engineer of the Water Department H.P.M. Birkinbine recorded the need for a stand pipe at the Delaware Water Works in his 1858 Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Works of the City of Philadelphia (published 1859). He publically announced proposals for enlarging the Delaware Water Works, including a stand pipe in 1864. A new standpipe was completed in 1865., Title and date from item., Manuscript note below title on recto: Scale 1/8 in. to a foot., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell., See Annual report of the chief engineer of the Water Works of the city of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1859), p. 10. [Am 1859 Phil Pa Water 52642.O .9 (Hare)]., See also Philadelphia Inquirer, June 4, 1864, p.6 and Public Ledger, January 13, 1865, p. 1.
Creator
Birkinbine, Henry P. M., artist
Date
[March 4th, 1859]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors [P.2018.62.1]
