West from the Reservoir.
Photograph
James Cremer
American, 1821–1893
West from the Reservoir.
From Scenery in Fairmount Park.
ca. 1875
Albumen silver print with applied color
8.8 x 8.0 cm. (each) on 10.0 x 17.7 cm. mount
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley
1979.1533.0004
Inscriptions mount recto-(printed) "James Cremer, Photographer and Publisher, 18
South Eighth Street, Philadelphia." "Scenery in Farimount Park."
mount verso-(in ink) "180 W. from the Reservoir"
(printed) "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia." "Fairmount
Water Works, situated on the Schuylkill River, in the North Western
Section of the City, were commenced in 1812, and run by steam power
until 1822, when the dam, which had been erected to give motive power
at a less cost, was first used. The wheels now are in use are the..."
South Eighth Street, Philadelphia." "Scenery in Farimount Park."
mount verso-(in ink) "180 W. from the Reservoir"
(printed) "Fairmount Park and Water Works, Philadelphia." "Fairmount
Water Works, situated on the Schuylkill River, in the North Western
Section of the City, were commenced in 1812, and run by steam power
until 1822, when the dam, which had been erected to give motive power
at a less cost, was first used. The wheels now are in use are the..."
