Representation of the Gas Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Historical Images of Philadelphia Castner Scrapbook Collection
Item Info
Item No: pdcc00518
Title: Representation of the Gas Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Historic Street Address:
22nd & Market Streets
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Depiction of gas works at 22nd & Market Streets showing a variety of horse-drawn vehicles and horse-back riders galloping in the foreground. The gas works began operation in 1836 and within a year gaslighting was becoming a familiar presence on the city's streets.
Creation Year: 1853
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.176655
Geocode Latitude:39.954008
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.6
Creator Name: Devereux, Nicholson B., approximately 1813- - Artist
Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler
1A 
1A 
1A 
1A 
1A 
1B 
1B 
1B 
1B 
1C 
1C 
1D 
4 
4 
2 
3 
5 
6 
1 
1B 
1C 
1D 
2 
2 
4 
6 
18 
18 
18 
19 
18 
19 
21 
22 
23 
23 
23 
24 
24 
24 
24 
24 
25 
25 
25 
26 
26 
26 
26 
26 
26 
27 
27 
27 
27 
27 
9 
8 
11 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
22 
23 
24 
26 
27 
27 
27 
28 
29 
30 
30 
31 
31 
32 
32 
33 
33 
33 
33 
33 
33 
34 
34 
34 
34 
34 
35 
35 
35 
35 
35 
36 
36 
36 
37 
38 
39
39 
39 
40 
40 
41 
42 
42 
43 
37 
30 
31 
31 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
39 
40 
42 
43 
45 
45 
47 
47 
48 
49 
51 
50 
46 
57 
51 
46 
49 
52 
53 
56 
58 
44 
45 
46 
47 
48 
49 
50 
51 
52 
53 
54 
55 
56 
58 
50 
59 
59 
59 
63 
63 
65 
65 
67 
67 
82 
83 
84 
86 
86 
85 
85 
88 
87 
88 
62 
59 
60 
61 
62 
65 
66 
67 
68 
69 
70 
71 
72 
73 
74 
75 
75 
77 
77 
79 
79 
81 
81 
82 
83 
84 
85 
86 
87 
88 
63 
64 
76 
80 
78 
64 
89 
89 
89 
90 
21 
21 
22 
25 
5