Subjects Steam engine

Includes steam-powered engines used for pumping water, and on construction sites, and in factories.

Germantown Works (1851) and Mt. Airy Works (1882)

men standing around a trench with pipes seen crossing through it. there is a steam engine on wheels behind them to the left, and a building in the background on the right with a sign they says Hotel Abbey, T G Schmidt & Sons, Pilsner & Puritan Beer.

Pipeline being laid in Wissahickon Avenue