Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.3.159a-cDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 3 -The Wissahickon
Page 159 contains the following:
(a, top) Jellett's notes read as follows:
"A4 Germantown Water Works
Above Rittenhouse mill dam, and opposite present Tulpehocken Street, stood the Germantown Water works."
(b, bottom left) This newspaper clipping is hand-labeled "Waterworks Dam". The unknown author of this article shares reminiscences of his early days pursuing outdoor activities in both Summer and Winter at the Waterworks Dam. He contrasts those memories of the place in his youth and now in his older years. He ends by remembering two friends, one of whom drowned at the Waterworks Dam and the other of whom was lost in the Johnstown flood.
(c, bottom right) This small newspaper clipping is hand-labeled "Wissahickon, Lincoln Drive". The heading of this clipping is "Old Water Works". The clipping relates a tour of the Old Water Works by a group of individuals. The scene is described as placid and beautiful.Collection
GHS Scrapbook CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1900 - 1910Notes
Creation Date: 1901
