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PHILADELPHIA. Fairmount Waterworks-Fairmount Park.
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"PHILADELPHIA."
[Regd.] Postcard No. 5104.
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in Holland
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ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN.
Raphael Tuck & Sons'
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FAIRMOUNT WATERWORKS -FAIRMOUNT PARK. The
Fairmount Waterworks really started on Dec. 25th, 1822,
when three water wheels were set in motion. Philadelphia
was the first city in the U. S. to possess a waterworks and
this served as a model for others.
by the erection in 1819 of a dam
Schuylkill River.
The power was obtained
1.248 feet long across the
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