E banks of Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Philadelphia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 11, 1976. NRIS 76001662.
1 contributing building. 3 contributing structures. 4 contributing objects.
The Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was Philadelphia's second municipal waterworks. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and originally finished in 1815, it operated until 1909, winning praise for its design and becoming a popular tourist attraction. It now houses a restaurant and an interpretive center that explains the waterworks' purpose and local watershed history. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976 for its architecture and its engineering innovations. It was the nation's first water supply to use paddle wheels to move water.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994295