Another Philadelphia View: "{Water Works"
Another Philadelphia View Water Works This little postcard-sized painting, Waterworks (acrylic on canvasboard), shows the old Fairmount Water Works along the Schuykill River in Philadelphia. It was built in 1812-15 and operated until 1909. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairmount_Water_Works) On the hill, Fair Mount, stands the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1928), referencing the classical revival architecture of the Water Works. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art)