Subjects Natural Environment

Philadelphia from Belmont, West Park (Picturesque America)

Gritty and the Phanatic in Ida’s Floodwaters

Centre Square Engine House, location of one of two steam engines used in the city’s original water system. Engraving by Birch.

Centre Square Engine House, ca. 1807

By a draft of Foxhall & Morris purchase : [Philadelphia] April 1, 1802