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Philadelphia Water Works 1793
Analyzing the Info
"The internet is nothing when compared to drinkable water"
- People would die without drinkable water but, not without internet
By Miranda, Alea, Josie, Taeshic, and Logan
QUIZ TIME!!!
Water Was Important
- Why was Charles Dickens impressed with the Philadelphia's Fairmount Water Works?
- What did Henry Latrobe want to install at the end of Chestnut Street?
- Why was the water so important in the early history of Philadelphia.
1801 Pump House
- Philadelphia was the capital of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia was the trading capital of the new world
- Dirty water
- It was made by Henry Latrobe
- Pumped water to Philadelphia
What Latrobe Wanted
- He would install a steam engine at the foot of Chestnut Street
- The water would flow underground through a brick conduit to center square
- City hall is now in center square
- They would raise the water in tanks and then would be distributed by gravity by a system of 6 mile pipes
Very Dangerous
- It threatened to explode
- Extremely noisy
- Really dangerous to be around
- It was very beautiful
Charles Dickinson
- Charles thought it it was beautiful and useful
- It was kept neat and was in best order
- It went everywhere in the town
People Outside the Water Works
- Water Works became tourist attraction
- Wanted to see how beautiful it was
- Wanted to see how amazing and advanced the Water Works was