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Title: Fairmount Dam
Spatial Coverage: Philadelphia (Pa.)
Date: 1895-1900
Description: This view, of the Fairmount Dam and Water Works and the Callowhill St. Bridge, was taken from a boathouse ramp above the dam on the Schuylkill River. Two steamboats are moored above dam, and the roof of a bathing pavilion is visible below dam. Sewer construction is also underway along the Esplanade below the Water Works.
Identifier: AP-5238
Creator: Appleton, Stephen Horne, 1854-1909
Subject: Boathouses; Waterworks; Dams; Steamboats; Buildings
Extent: Glass Negative, 5" x 7"
Format: image/tiff
Type: Image
Rights: https://www.mediahistoricarchives.org/rightsandrepro
Negative Number: 5238
Street Address: Boat House Row, Kelly Drive, Philadelphia (Pa.)