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Fairmount Waterworks

Fairmount Waterworks

Fairmount Waterworks
This painting is a close copy of an engraving by English landscape artist William Henry Bartlett, which depicts a view of the Fairmount Waterworks from the west bank of the Schuylkill River. The waterworks facility was designed by Frederick Graff (1774-1847) and began operation in 1815. The covered Upper Ferry Bridge, depicted in the distance, was built in 1812 and destroyed by fire in 1838. The locks of the Schuylkill Navigation Company are seen at the right. The “fair mount” above the waterworks complex is the present site of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

About this item

is part of: Discourse and Discovery: Places of Gathering in Philadelphia
contributing repository: Athenaeum of Philadelphia
title: Fairmount Waterworks
date(s) created: circa 1840s
creator(s): after William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854)
language: English
subjects: Philadelphia, architecture, culture, gathering, place
identifier (local): 1975.06.01
link to item in repository’s digital library: https://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/collections/items/show/2212#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=0%2C-1166.4141%2C9634%2C9547.8283
rights: https://philaathenaeum.org/rights-and-reproductions/