. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . 18 OTF-HAND GIRAED COLLEGE. Shortly after which we see, on our left, the Fairmount Water-works,and although a notice of it is not strictly within the range of thiswork, it may nevertheless prove interesting to many to learn some-thing of its leading features, especially as it was the first establish-ment of the kind ever erected in the United States; and, in pointof boldness of conception and romantic profile, probably inferior tonone in any quarter o
. The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania, or, Its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, populary described . 18 OTF-HAND GIRAED COLLEGE. Shortly after which we see, on our left, the Fairmount Water-works,and although a notice of it is not strictly within the range of thiswork, it may nevertheless prove interesting to many to learn some-thing of its leading features, especially as it was the first establish-ment of the kind ever erected in the United States; and, in pointof boldness of conception and romantic profile, probably inferior tonone in any quarter of the globe. The first water-works were commenced in 1799. A steam-enginewas placed in Chestnut street, near the Schuylkill, by means ofwhich the water was elevated to a basin in Penn square, and fromthence distributed to the city in wooden pipes. The quantity ofwater thus obtained was soon found to be entirely too small to supplythe increasing demand, and the works were abandoned in 1815, afternearly $700,000 had been spent upon them. In 181G the works atFairmount were commenced, the water being again raised by steamto an elevated reservoir. Steam w
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