. Annals of Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania, in the olden time; being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania. SCHUYLKILL WATERWOKKS.—Page CENTRE SQUARE WATERWORKS.—Page 457. Watenvorks. 457 WATERWORKS. The Philadelphia Waterworks were begun in the spring of 1799by constructing a large house, for water power, near the banks ofthe Schuylkill, southward of High street, (of which see a picture,)and also, another edifice of marble, at the Centre square, as a receiv-ing fountain, (of w
. Annals of Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania, in the olden time; being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania. SCHUYLKILL WATERWOKKS.—Page CENTRE SQUARE WATERWORKS.—Page 457. Watenvorks. 457 WATERWORKS. The Philadelphia Waterworks were begun in the spring of 1799by constructing a large house, for water power, near the banks ofthe Schuylkill, southward of High street, (of which see a picture,)and also, another edifice of marble, at the Centre square, as a receiv-ing fountain, (of which also see a picture.) It was an ornamentalstructure; but with some it nevertheless bore the disparaging nameof the pepper box, in allusion to its circular form and works had at first but little encouragement; and to inducemoneyed men to adventure (heir capital, they were offered water freeof rent for a term of years. As late as 1803, only 960 dollars wasthe rental of the water, although nearly 300,000 dolhirs had thenbeen expended on the enterprise. At same time, one hundred andtwenty-six houses were receiving the water free of cost. In 1814,there were two thousand eight hundred and fifty dwellings receivingthe water, and
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