Panoramic engraving showing waterworks buildings, dam and locks, and riverbanks. There is a steamboat on the river, with a cabin and awning on its upper deck and two paddle wheels at the stern. "Drawn by T. Birch" on bottom left. "Engraved by R. Campbell" on bottom right.

Water works and environs as seen from the west. Depicts the floodgates (known as the Race Bridge). Visitors sitting on river bank, strolling across bridge and walking on hill, man steering a boat underneath the bridge. Under image, left: "Drawn by C. Burton." Right: "Engraved at J. Andrews's." At bottom: "THE RACE BRIDGE FAIR MOUNT WATER WORKS, PHILADELPHIA."

View of a rural landscape. Spindly tree in foreground at left. Two men stand in center foreground. In background are dog and horse in rolling landscape, spotted with trees. Two buildings sit in background at right. Inscribed "1841" on lower left and "A.K." on lower right.

Well-dressed visitors walk on fenced path up the side of Fairmount. At background is the south garden with fountain, and the Schuylkill Bridge. Across the river is Harding Hotel, a popular resort.

View of the Water Works from across the river. At foreground are visitors strolling and looking across the water. At background, view of eight arched openings at river level in the mill house. Below image: "Painted by T. Doughty. Engraved Printed & Coloured by I. Hill/Fair Mount Water Works./ Dedicated to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia."

This oil-on-canvas was executed by Swiss landscape painter George Lehman (d. 1870) c. 1829. This view was taken from the western bank of the Schuylkill River, just south of the Fairmount Water Works. In the foreground are two men in a keelboat (a shallow-draft riverboat that is usually rowed, poled, or towed and commonly used for freight) loaded with cargo; in the left midground is a male figure, fishing and seated, on the shore; in the background are structures including a dam and several neoclassical buildings (formally known as the Fairmount Water Works). These structures include (left to right): a dam completed in 1821; the mill house / eight arched openings which return water to the river; a building (with tall chimneys, above a willow tree) constructed to house the original steam engines for the pumping system; and a promenade extending along the eastern bank, above which sat the original reservoir for the city’s pumping system.

Rural landscape portrait. Figure off-center, in foreground, faces away from canvas. Kennedy Galleries, New York label on reverse.

View of a river in an urban, industrial setting. In the foreground, two men fish from a pier. A horse pulling an unseen cart stands on another pier behind the first one. To the left, on the river, are a sailboat and rowboat with four passengers. Several factory buildings are depicted along the riverbank in the left background. Two buildings have smokestacks billowing smoke. A hill rises behind the buildings and a mansion is visible in the center background, also on a tree-covered hill. A bridge spans the river below it. Signed with the initial "A" in the lower right corner, and dated "1846" in the lower left corner.

View of the Permanent Bridge at Market Street in an urban setting. The bridge runs diagonally from the center background to the right foreground of the watercolor. In the immediate foreground are a cow and three goats. A cart pulled by four horses emerges from the bridge entrance to the right. A tugboat pulling three barges and a rowboat are visible on the Schuylkill River to the left. On the far bank, in the background, are three industrial buildings including the City Gas Works. Two of the buildings have chimneys with billowing smoke. Signed "A. Kollner, fec" in the bottom right corner. Handwritten on iron gall ink on the back bottom right corner is, "High or Market Street Bridge also City Gas Works, Phila. In 1848 A. Kollner, Paint."