. Philadelphia and its environs, and the railroad scenery of Pennsylvania . d to become not only an evil but a grievous calamity. The mills and manufactories on the banks of theSchuylkill were multiplying rapidly,and there was great danger that inthe course of a very few years theriver-banks for miles above the citywould be lined with factories andworkshops, to the utter ruin of thestream on which the citizens de-pended for their supply of purewater. Just in time to prevent this catas-trophe, Fairmount Park was con-ceived, and by degrees executed,until now five miles of the river andsix of its
. Philadelphia and its environs, and the railroad scenery of Pennsylvania . d to become not only an evil but a grievous calamity. The mills and manufactories on the banks of theSchuylkill were multiplying rapidly,and there was great danger that inthe course of a very few years theriver-banks for miles above the citywould be lined with factories andworkshops, to the utter ruin of thestream on which the citizens de-pended for their supply of purewater. Just in time to prevent this catas-trophe, Fairmount Park was con-ceived, and by degrees executed,until now five miles of the river andsix of its beautiful and importanttributary the Wissahickon, togetherwith the high lands bounding theirimmediate valleys, are inclosed andpreserved forever from all pollutionand profanation. The Park now contains nearlythree thousand acres, being morethan three times as large as the NewYork Central Park. It is dedicatedto be a public pleasure-ground for-ever, and, under the managementof a Board of Commissioners, israpidly growing in beauty and in- EAST TERRACE, LEMON HILL. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. 65 The visitor will take a street-car on Pine, Arch, or Vine Street,—all of which lines run to thebridge at the lower end of the Park, while the two last named connect and run on to GeorgesHill, at its western extremity; or a car of the Green and Coates Streets line, which runs
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