Smedley, Samuel Lightfoot, 1832-1894
Person
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Description of Wm. J. Miskey's property - Egglesfield, c. 1868
Item — Drawer: 5-3
Fairmount Park Commission Administrative History: Sam Smedley field letters, 1870
File — Shelf: Green, Drawer: 7
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains various materials that document the history of the Fairmount Park, and subsequently the history of the activities of the Fairmount Park Commission. The collection also includes a good deal of contextual information, such as information on the early history of Philadelphia and its surrounding area. This collection demonstrates at once the autonomy of the Fairmount Park Commission and its integral role in the evolution of Philadelphia’s urban landscape. The...
Dates:
1870
Fairmount Park Commission Engineering: Account of time - Samuel L. Smedley, 1870 October
File — Shelf: 31, Box: 28
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains various materials that document the history of the Fairmount Park, and subsequently the history of the activities of the Fairmount Park Commission. The collection also includes a good deal of contextual information, such as information on the early history of Philadelphia and its surrounding area. This collection demonstrates at once the autonomy of the Fairmount Park Commission and its integral role in the evolution of Philadelphia’s urban landscape. The...
Dates:
1870 October
Fairmount Park Commission Engineering: Correspondence to and from Samuel L. Smedley, Principal assistant engineer. Subjects include Laurel Hill Cemetery, grading of Elm Avenue, Wissahickon boundaries, and work finished at Robert's Hollow, 1869
File — Shelf: 31, Box: 28
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains various materials that document the history of the Fairmount Park, and subsequently the history of the activities of the Fairmount Park Commission. The collection also includes a good deal of contextual information, such as information on the early history of Philadelphia and its surrounding area. This collection demonstrates at once the autonomy of the Fairmount Park Commission and its integral role in the evolution of Philadelphia’s urban landscape. The...
Dates:
1869
Intercepting sewer flushing chamber and connections at Wissahickon Creek, 1886 September 6
Item — Drawer: W23 & W24, Folder: 4
Dates:
1886 September 6
Main intercepting sewer, part of section 10, 1886 January 18
Item — Drawer: W23 & W24, Folder: 5
Dates:
1886 January 18
Park Boundary - Falls of Schuylkill, 1882
Item — Shelf: Rolled oversized maps, plans, and drawings
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a variety of maps, plans and drawings relating to East and West Fairmount Park. Materials included in the collection are blueprints, bluelines, linens, mylars and paper. The collection contains diverse types of maps and plans, such as sewer plans, topographic plans, site plans, latitudinal and longitudinal plans, water main plans, street maps, and landscape plans. The collection is particularly strong in topographic plans, covering the entire region, and structural...
Dates:
1882
Profile of Monoshone intercepting sewer, 1890 September 14
Item — Drawer: Wissahickon General, Folder: 4
Dates:
Modified: 1890 September 14
Report by W. Sellers and S.L. Smedley to Theodore Cuyler granting Clarke Reeves & Co. permission to construct a turnout from the Junction Railroad and lay a track through a portion of the park during the construction of the Girard Avenue Bridge, 1873 February 27
Item — Drawer: 6-5
Dates:
1873 February 27