Image Engraving

Goal (jail) in Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 1800

Image taken from Birch's Views of Philadelphia, December 1800. Note Birch's spelling of "jail," which is rendered here as "goal" (the now-archaic English spelling is in fact gaol).

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Note the house-moving operation in the foreground. As the city expanded, old structures that encroached on the city's street lines often had to be moved or torn down as the streets were extended.

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Neighborhoods
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Engraving

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206 kb

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1107 x 976 px

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Birch_20