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Title: Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia
Description: Copy stereograph of a view looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River. Shows the old engine house; the altered old mill house with peristyle temple flanked by entrance houses (altered 1867-1872); the new mill house (built 1859-1862); and the stand pipe (built 1852), observatory tower arch (completed 1862), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows the Schuylkill Canal lock in the foreground and a dredging machine near the new mill house. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., until 1872., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Public Utilities [P.9047.113]

Title: Fairmount from the west, Phila
Description: View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. In the foreground, a Schuylkill Canal lock is visible and a man stands among lush vegetation on the west riverbank. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Atrributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's label pasted on verso., Duplicate of P.9466.16., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Public Utilities [8353.F.16]

Title: Fairmount, Phila
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. In the foreground, a Schuylkill Canal lock is visible and a man stands among lush vegetation on the west riverbank. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from manuscript note on mount and verso., Duplicate of 8353.F.16., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Public Utilities [P.9466.16]

Title: [Fairmount Waterworks]
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows a Schuylkill Canal lock and a man leaning on a tree on the west riverbank in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Title from duplicate stereoview. [(3)1322.F.120g], Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Duplicate of P.8992.12., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120g]

Title: Fairmount Waterworks
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows a Schuylkill Canal lock and a man leaning on a tree on the west riverbank in the foreground. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers, Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Title printed on mount., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.120g., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: ca. 1865
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Public Utilities [P.8992.12]

Title: [A view of the Fairmount Waterworks with Schuylkill in the distance. Taken from the mount.]
Description: Bird's eye, landscape view looking west from Reservoir Hill showing the Fairmount Water Works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Includes the engine house, mill house, and race bridge. Paddle boats dock at boat landings next to the works and travel up the river. Also shows park visitors milling about the sites, the Fairmount dam, Schuylkill canal lock, and a few buildings lining the banks., Possibly printed by J.T. Bowen., Title supplied by cataloguer., Philadelphia on Stone, POs 798, Reduced variant of Wainwright 9., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date: [ca. 1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Public Utilities - F [P.2007]

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, 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, 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 from the locks
Description: View looking from above the Schuylkill Canal lock showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); the standpipe, distribution arch, and pavilion on Reservoir Hill; and a man standing on the rocks forming the lock. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P. M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr. until 1872., Title from accompanying label., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & French, photographer
Date: [ca. 1868.]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.120c]

Title: Schuylkill Navigation Co. canal and Fairmount Water Works in the distance
Description: View of the Schuylkill Canal lock in front of the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house, mill house, and standpipe on Reservoir Hill of the waterworks. Also shows an anchor on the lock. Canal and lock constructed in 1820 following an agreement between Philadelphia and the Schuylkill Navigation Company (incorporated 1815) for the city to build the system in return for constructing a dam and receiving the water rights to the water works., Title and date from transcribed scrapbook inscription., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McClees 1855-1a., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
Creator: M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
Date: Spring 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Public Utilities [(3)1322.F.119a]

Title: Machine à vapeur sur la rivère Schuylkill. = Walet works on the Schuylkill River. = Machina vapore foeta juxta amnen Schuylkill. = Dampfmachine am Schuykill
Description: Landscape view looking northwest from Reservoir Hill showing the Fairmount Water Works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Includes the engine house, mill house, and race bridge. Also shows visitors strolling the landscaped grounds of the works and on a walkway on Fairmount; cows grazing on an adjacent plot of land; residences, including probably Lemon Hill, along the bucolic banks of the Schuylkill River; and the river dam., Published in Itinéraire pittoresque du fleuve Hudson (Paris: H. Gaugain, 1828-29), no. 50., Printed above the image: 13e,, Livraison. Amérique Septentrionale - État de Pensylvanie. Pl. 2., Printed below image: No. 50., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 446/447, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 21: 84, uncolored., Milbert, a French naturalist, artist, and scholar, traveled through the Northeastern United States 1815-1823.
Creator: Arnout, Jules, artist
Date: [1828-1829]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Public Utilities - F [P.9965.3; P.9210.14]

Title: View of West Phila. from Fairmount
Description: Winter view looking from the Fairmount Waterworks toward West Philadelphia. Shows a building on the west bank of the Schuylkill River at the southern end of the Fairmount Locks. A covered canal lock is visible in the foreground, flanked on the east side by rocky terrain. In the background, dwellings and trees line the landscape. Building possibly the hotel inhabited and operated by Jeremiah King., Title and date from manuscript note 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.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Views [P.9486.1]

Title: [A view of the Fairmount Water-Works with Schuylkill in the distance. Taken from the mount.]
Description: View looking west toward the Schuylkill River from Fairmount showing part of the Fairmount Water Works. Several elegantly-attired visitors traverse the site. In the foreground, individuals, including a couple, descend a walkway that leads to the gazebo on the mount. Within the pavilion, a number of men and woman traverse and enjoy the vista over the roof of the millhouse. A figure adorns the top of the open air gazebo and individuals descend the walkway and stairs that lead from that observation deck. More visitors stand in the doorways of the partially visible engine house to the far right of which, past the millhouse, the mound dam and gazebo are visible. On the west bank, the superintendant’s house of the Schuylkill Navigation Company stands across from the canal lock. A few buildings and several trees complete the landscape. In the river, a man fishes from one of a few rock formations, sailboats glide, waterfowl swim, and three teams of scullers drill near docks adjacent to the waterworks and bordering the east river bank. The sun peaks through one of some clouds visible on the horizon. The Fairmount Water Works were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff., Title and publication information from duplicate in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 796, LCP copy trimmed and lacking title and imprint., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Date: [1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W8 [P.2004]

Title: [A View of the Fairmount Waterworks with Schuylkill in the distance. Taken from the mount.]
Description: View looking northwest from Fairmount showing the Fairmount Waterworks, including the engine house, millhouse, race bridge, and mound dam. Vistors stroll on the grounds near the engine house and across the promenade of the mill house. Bushes, trees, and rocks dominate the foreground. In the right, a man stands in the gazebo on the partially visible mount. On the bucolic west bank, the superintendant’s house of the Schuylkill Navigation Company stands across from the canal lock. In the river, sailboats and a rowboat travel and two teams of scullers drill near docks adjacent to the waterworks and bordering the east river bank on which two buildings stand. A twilight sky forms the horizon. The Fairmount Water Works were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff., Title and publication information supplied from duplicate in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 797, LCP copy trimmed and lacking title and imprint., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 88 B786.
Date: [c1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W9 [P.2006]

Title: Fairmount
Description: Landscape view looking west from Reservoir Hill showing the Fairmount Water Works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Includes the engine house, mill house, and race bridge. Also shows visitors strolling the landscaped grounds of the works; scullers on the river; residences, including probably Lemon Hill, along the bucolic banks of the Schuylkill River; the Schuylkill Canal lock; and the river dam., Originally published as plate 1 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 225.4, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: P.2087 and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in Print Room *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd862 W6441 pl.1., Trimmed.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: c1840, 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W120.4 [P.2087]

Title: Fairmount [from the basin, Philadelphia.]
Description: Landscape view looking west from Reservoir Hill showing the Fairmount Water Works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. Includes the engine house, mill house, and race bridge. Also shows visitors strolling the landscaped grounds of the works; scullers on the river; residences, including probably Lemon Hill, along the bucolic banks of the Schuylkill River; the Schuylkill Canal lock; and the river dam., Issued as plate 1 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838), a series of views originally published as five numbers of four prints each, and later sold as a bound volume of twenty views., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 225.1. Digital image shows fourth state of print., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: 6626.F and in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 6626.F., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb862 W644., Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 21:1. Variant proof copy before letters. FLP copy lacks figures., Trimmed.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: [1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W120.1 [6626.F]

Title: Fairmount Waterworks Ph'a
Description: View looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works and Schuylkill Canal lock. Shows the old engine house, altered old mill house with peristyle temple, and the standpipe and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also shows a pile of wood planks on the canal lock in the foreground and the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount in the far right background. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Philadelphia engineers Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr. until 1872., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Title from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: De Young's Palace Dollar Store (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young's - Public Utilities [P.9356.1]

Title: Wire Bridge Fairmount
Description: View looking south from the west bank of the Schuylkill River near the Schuylkill Navigation Company Canal and locks showing the Wire Bridge at Fairmount. The bridge, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was razed in 1874. View includes a team of horses and a horse-drawn wagon on the riverbank in front of the canal locks near the house built in 1833 for Schuylkill Navigation Company officials. Also shows factories adjacent to the bridge in the background., Title from accompanying publisher's label., Buff 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. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Bridges [(3)1322.F.119f]

Title: [Fairmount
Description: View showing a section of the Fairmount Water Works on the Schuylkill River. Depicts the terrace roof of the new mill house built on the mound dam from 1860-1862 after the designs of engineer Henry P.M. Birkinbine. Visitors, predominately women with parasols, stroll on the terrace and adjoining promenade roof of the old mill house. Also shows steamboats; boat landings; boathouses; Lemon Hill; the Twenty-Forth Ward Water Works, known as the West Philadelphia Water Works; mills near the Schuylkill Canal Lock; and small sailing vessels on the river., Title, artist, and publication information from duplicate in the collections of the American Philosophical Society., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 229, Gift of David Doret., Trimmed., Reproduced in "The Fairmount Waterworks," Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin (Summer 1988), vol. 84, no. 360, 361, p. 35., Sketchbook of Jacob Kiehn (1866-1867) with sketches of Fairmount Waterworks held in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (#47, Bd 81 K543).
Creator: Kiehn, Jacob, 1835-1869, artist
Date: [c1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Public utilities [P.2004.44.25]

Title: Fairmount
Description: Landscape view looking from the west bank of the Schuylkill River showing the Fairmount Water Works. Shows the old engine house; old mill house; new mill house (completed 1862); and the observatory tower arch (built 1860), stand pipe (built 1852), and pavilion on Reservoir Hill. Also includes the Schuylkill Canal lock, the Wire Suspension Bridge at Fairmount, and the dome of the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. The waterworks, originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Frederick Graff, were altered and expanded after the designs of Henry P.M. Birkinbine and Frederick Graff, Jr., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 228, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Bovell, Thomas W.
Date: c1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Views - Philadelphia [P.2006.31.14]

Title: [Fairmount Waterworks. Pictorial Embellishment of the Philada. Saturday Courier a family paper of the largest size published at two dollars a year in advance including two engravings of this kind yearly.]
Description: View from the west bank of the Schuylkill River looking south showing the Fairmount Water Works, Lancaster-Schuylkill Bridge, and buildings on the west bank of the river near the canal lock. In the foreground, a man stands on the bucolic river bank watching two sculling teams race near a rowboat in the river. In the left background, the engine house, mill house, and Fairmount, i.e., Reservoir Hill of the water works are visible. A dock floats above the works and the covered Lancaster-Schuylkill Bridge spans the river in the distance. Also shows the toll house or superintendant's house of the Schuylkill Navigation Company in the right of the image. The Fairmount Water Works were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. The bridge, also known as the Upper Ferry Bridge, was erected 1809-1812, with Robert Mills serving as architect, and Lewis Wernwag as engineer. It burned in 1838., Copyright secured by J. T. Bowen 1838., FLP Castner 21:6, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 241.2, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 21:6. FLP copy contains vignette sketch of the reservoir on Fairmount, i.e., Reservoir Hill depicted below the image. Includes text: Fairmount is one of the most beautiful spots in the world. There are six basins (a birds eye view of which is shown in the vignette) elevated upon a high hill above the tops of the houses of the city. The water is thrown into them by means of force pumps which are driven by a head of water from the river Schuylkill affording a never failing supply to the inhabitants of the city, the Northern Liberties & Southwark. The works cost upwards a million dollars., Trimmed LCP copy of POS 241.1 (duplicate image, variant imprint) shown in digital file.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: [c1838]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 21:6

Title: [Fairmount Waterworks. Pictorial Embellishment of the Philada. Saturday Courier a family paper of the largest size published at two dollars a year in advance including two engravings of this kind yearly.]
Description: View from the west bank of the Schuylkill River looking south showing the Fairmount Water Works, Lancaster-Schuylkill Bridge, and buildings on the west bank of the river near the canal lock. In the foreground, a man stands on the bucolic river bank watching two sculling teams race near a rowboat in the river. In the left background, the engine house, mill house, and Fairmount, i.e., Reservoir Hill of the water works are visible. A dock floats above the works and the covered Lancaster-Schuylkill Bridge spans the river in the distance. Also shows the toll house or superintendant's house of the Schuylkill Navigation Company in the right of the image. The Fairmount Water Works were originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. The bridge, also known as the Upper Ferry Bridge, was erected 1809-1812, with Robert Mills serving as architect, and Lewis Wernwag as engineer. It burned in 1838., Title and publication information supplied by Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 241.1, LCP copy trimmed and lacking title and imprint., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 88 W 644, Free Library of Philadelphia: See Castner 21:6. FLP copy (Wainwright 124.2/POS 241.2) contains vignette sketch of the reservoir on Fairmount, i.e., Reservoir Hill depicted below the image. Includes text: Fairmount is one of the most beautiful spots in the world. There are six basins (a birds eye view of which is shown in the vignette) elevated upon a high hill above the tops of the houses of the city. The water is thrown into them by means of force pumps which are driven by a head of water from the river Schuylkill affording a never failing supply to the inhabitants of the city, the Northern Liberties & Southwark. The works cost upwards a million dollars.
Creator: Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date: [1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W124.1 [P.2086]

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