1800s Archive · Bird's-eye views

Bird's-eye view of the Fairmount Water Works from above the Schuylkill River, with a stern wheeler at lower right and a suspension bridge on right, in the distance, and Philadelphia in the background

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 1856

Bird's-eye view of the Fairmount Water Works from above the Schuylkill River, with a stern wheeler at lower right and a suspension bridge on right, in the distance, and Philadelphia in the background, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1856
Bird's-eye view of the Fairmount Water Works from above the Schuylkill River, with a stern wheeler at lower right and a suspension bridge on right, in the distance, and Philadelphia in the background, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1856. Bird's-eye views — The 1800s Archive, from the Library of Congress record.

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