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Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873
![Fairmount Water Works, by W. H. Bartlett, 1839. This engraving from an 1839 painting by William Bartlett shows the porch added to the Engine House about 1835 and the two gazebos built at the same time, all added to welcome visitors to the Water Works and a new saloon, or restaurant, in the Engine House. The powerful jet of water rising from the fountain in the South Garden, fed by a dedicated pipe under the full pressure of the reservoir, was depicted against the green foliage on the west slope of Faire Mount, near the east end of the Colossus. A barge is making its way downstream through the canal, headed under the Colossus to the busy port city of Philadelphia.](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/05_Bartlett_FWW_1839_crop_750w.jpg?w=300)
Fairmount Water Works, W.H. Bartlett, 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
![Laying the Main (2004.057.0074.007)](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/2004.057.0074.007-scaled.jpg?w=300)
Commencement of laying the main on the East side of the River, 1871
![Fountain and stand-pipe, 1875 (2004.007.0006)](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/2004.007.0006-scaled.jpg?w=300)
Fairmount Water Works, with “Nymph and Bittern” fountain and standpipe, 1875
![Tinted image of a single-arch bridge over a river with landscape in the distance](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/graff09.04-scaled.jpg?w=300)
Lancaster/Schuylkill Bridge (Upper Ferry Bridge)
![Race Bridge, Fair Mount Water Works, 1834 (Graff05.63)](https://waterhistoryphl.org/wp-content/uploads/graff05.63-scaled.jpg?w=300)