Time Periods 1850-1900

Scenes on the Wissahickon

Scenes on the Wissahickon Creek (Picturesque America)

Wissahickon near Paper Mill Bridge, 1873

Wissahickon Creek near the Paper Mill Bridge (Picturesque America)

Drive Along the Wissahickon

Drive along the Wissahickon Creek Vallley (Picturesque America)

Thomas Mill Covered Bridge on the Wissahickon

Thomas Mill Covered Bridge over Wissahickon Creek (Picturesque America)

Queen Lane Reservoir pumping station

Queen Lane Pumping Station, proposed design

Black-and-white image showing a factory, smokestacks and smoke, and streets

Dobson’s Mill, 1884, from History of Philadelphia by Scharf & Wescott

Black-and-white image shows several people talking in the foreground and figures on horses on a hill in the background

A Day in the Ma’sh – Bell Snicklin’

Apparatus for testing Model Turbine Engines used at Fairmount, 1859-60

Apparatus for testing model turbine wheels used at Fairmount, 1859-60

Fairmount

Fairmount Water Works, about 1860

Leicester Knitting Mills, Charles Spencer & Co.

Charles Spencer & Co., Leicester Knitting Mills, Germantown, Philadelphia

Philadelphia Water Department Fire Hydrant

Philadelphia Water Department Fire Hydrant

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, 1869, Schuylkill flood, 1869

Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Schuylkill Flood 1869