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A view of the Fairmount Waterworks with Schuylkill in the distance, taken from the mount, c.1838 (hand-coloured litho)

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hand-coloured lithograph

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c. 1838 AD (C19th AD)

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14 x 20 cms

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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.

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