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Schuylkill River above Belmont (Picturesque America)
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Fairmount Water Works (Picturesque America)
![Appletons' Journal Schuylkill, 1869](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/2008.001.0021-AppletonSchuylkill1869_edit.jpg?w=300)
Fairmount and Schuylkill, Appletons’ Journal, 1869
![Wire Bridge at Fairmount](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/WireBridge_FairmountWW_Schuylkill_PictAm_AEL-scaled.jpg?w=300)
Schuylkill Navigation lock at Fairmount, 1873
![Schuylkill River at Landsdowne](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/Schuylkill_ViewfromLansdowne_PictAm_AEL-scaled.jpg?w=300)
Schuylkill River at Lansdowne (Picturesque America)
![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, 1839
![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
![Ornate black-and-white title page to the 1836 sheet music for The Fairmount Quadrilles](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/2008.001.0048-scaled.jpg?w=300)
The Fairmount Quadrilles, 1836
![Fountain and stand-pipe, 1875 (2004.007.0006)](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/2004.007.0006-scaled.jpg?w=300)