Fairmount Waterworks
Daguerreotype, 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (sight); 3 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches case
This daguerreotype depicts an unidentified painting or print of the Philadelphia Waterworks and The Fairmount. The Wire Suspension Bridge at right of the composition was erected c. 1842 at Spring Garden Street.