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Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873
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Second Bank of Pennsylvania, South Second Street, Philadelphia
![Centre Square Engine House, location of one of two steam engines used in the city’s original water system. Engraving by Birch.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/centre-square-engine-house.jpg?w=300)
Centre Square Engine House, ca. 1807
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Goal (jail) in Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 1800
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State House Garden, Philadelphia, 1800
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Back of the State House, Philadelphia, 1800
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Congress Hall and New Theatre in Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
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Bank of the United States, in Third Street, Philadelphia
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New Market, in South Second Street, Philadelphia, 1800
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Second Street North from Market St. with Christ Church, Philadelphia
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