![Fairmount Gardens, with the Schuylkill Bridge. This 1839 engraving, published in London, shows a view of the South Garden from the walkways that brought visitors up the cliffside to the overlooks at the height of the reservoirs. The fountain used the pressure of the reservoirs and was a a delightful refreshment in hot weather, and a wonder at all times. One anachronistic element of this engraving is the Upper Ferry Bridge, which burned the year before the print was published. Harding’s Hotel, a popular resort, is at the western end of the bridge.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/05_southgarden_750w.jpg?w=300)
![Fairmount Gardens, with the Schuylkill Bridge. This 1839 engraving, published in London, shows a view of the South Garden from the walkways that brought visitors up the cliffside to the overlooks at the height of the reservoirs. The fountain used the pressure of the reservoirs and was a a delightful refreshment in hot weather, and a wonder at all times. One anachronistic element of this engraving is the Upper Ferry Bridge, which burned the year before the print was published. Harding’s Hotel, a popular resort, is at the western end of the bridge.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/05_southgarden_750w.jpg?w=300)
![“Fairmount Waterworks. From the forebay.” (From nature & on stone G. Lehman; Published by C.G. Childs & G. Lehman, 1833. Free Library of Philadelphia, Print & Picture Collection)](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/05_FWW_castner-21_7_Crop_750w.jpg?w=300)
Fairmount Water Works from the forebay, 1833
![Fourth of July in Centre Square, John Lewis Krimmel, ca. 1812. The wooden statue in the fountain, “Allegory of the Schuylkill River (Water Nymph and Bittern)”, was carved in 1809 by Philadelphia sculptor William Rush.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/KRIMMEL-1845_3_100dpi.jpg?w=300)
Fourth of July, Centre Square, ca. 1812
![Plan of the City of Philadelphia and Adjoining Districts, 1830](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/ct003972.jpg?w=300)
Plan of the City of Philadelphia and Adjoining Districts, 1830
![Map of the County of Philadelphia from Actual Survey, 1839 (la000784a)](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/la000784a.jpg?w=300)
Map of the County of Philadelphia from Actual Survey, 1843
![Race Bridge, Fair Mount Water Works, 1834 (Graff05.63)](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/graff05.63-scaled.jpg?w=300)
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