The Wissahickon

Name/Title

The Wissahickon

Entry/Object ID

2013.34.3.155

Description

The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 3 -The Wissahickon Page 155 contains a photograph labeled "Germantown Waterworks, 1885". The photograph shows the Waterworks building in the left background on the far shore of Paper Mill Run. On the near shore, in the foreground, a figure can be seen sitting on what appears to be part of a log. A small (in height) dam is visible with water running over the dam. On the far bank of Paper Mill Run, the shoreline is rimmed with large trees.

Collection

GHS Scrapbook Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1900 - 1910

Notes

Creation Date: 1885