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Title: Fairmount, Philadelphia
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, mill house, and stand pipe (built 1852). The waterworks, originally completed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Upper right corner missing., Image faded., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.118(v)a., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120d]

Title: Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, mill house, and stand pipe (built 1852). The waterworks, originally completed between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.120d., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.118a(v)]

Title: Fairmount, Philadelphia
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, the mill house, the stand pipe (built 1852), and the pavilion at the end of the pier of the mound dam. Also shows the Schuylkill Canal lock and rocks lining the riverbank in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Image faded., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.119d., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120f]

Title: [Fairmount Water Works]
Description: View looking south from Lemon Hill in East Fairmount Park showing the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Shows the old engine house; the mill house; the pavilion on the pier of the mound dam; and the stand pipe (built 1852 after the designs of Frederick Graff, Jr.), observatory arch (built 1860), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows the boat landing north of the waterworks and men working on the riverbank. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Yellow mount with square corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., 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., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.119c]

Title: Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, the mill house, the stand pipe (built 1852), and the pavilion at the end of the pier of the mound dam. Also shows the Schuylkill Canal lock and rocks lining the riverbank in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded until 1872., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow mount with square corners., Another print entitled: Fairmount, Philadelphia., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.120f., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers, who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.119d]

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