Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.3.149a-cDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 3 -The Wissahickon
Page 149 contains the following:
(a, top) Jellett's notes read as follows:
"Waterworks, Lincoln Drive
The ground upon which these were located was, at one time, known as Johnson's Farm, the homestead being located on Main Street immediately below Tulpehocken Street, - now owned by Mrs. ??? or Mrs. ??? and to which Harvey Thomas' house on Tulpehocken Street was one time farm house. The standpipe, erected in 1850, stood also upon the farm and before Tulpehocken Street was opened. John Fallen, who designed and owned the Germantown Water Works, married a daughter of Johnson.
J. K. 5-26-1905
Jake Keyser also told me that it took 6 weeks to erect the standpipe, - while one equally large, erected a few years ago at Pelham, was erected in place in one day. The first was erected Bodily, the last ??? in place."
(b, middle) This newspaper clipping reads as follows: "The Germantown Water Works dam was built in 1851 by a company organized to supply Germantown with water. Crab Creek or Paper Mill Run was utilized to furnish the necessary water, which was pumped into a large stand pipe that was erected on the 'tank lot' on Tulpehocken Street."
(c, bottom) Jellett's notes read as follows: Jake Keyser told me John C. Fennel was the organizer, engineer, and owner of the Germantown Water Works. To do the work, he borrowed the money from the Queen of Spain.
J.K. to E.C.J. 7- - 1905"Collection
GHS Scrapbook CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1900 - 1910Notes
Creation Date: 5-26-1905 and 7/1905
