The Pipe Bridge
The Pipe Bridge
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Water Transportation in the Wissahickon
Water Transportation in the Wissahickon
GPS Estimate on Forbidden Drive: 40.0470, -75.21.25
GPS Estimate on Forbidden Drive: 40.0470, -75.21.25
Before everything went underground, the water was transported above ground. The pipes would freeze and it just wasn't a good idea. This system was eventually replaced with the water being transported below the ground.
Philadelphia, pipe bridge over the Wissahickon, 1870-1889, Philadelphia, by Francis Frith. Purchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa (O.020469)
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co.,Contributing Library: The Library of CongressDigitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
Remains of the Pipe Bridge
Remains of the Pipe Bridge
Remains of the Pipe Bridge
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