Wharves
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Wharfs; quays
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Park Commission from Falls Motel S.M. Smith regarding request that steamboat wharf be constructed in front of hotel, 1879
Item — Shelf 33, Box: 34
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Documents engineering activities, land acquisition, and property management through both internal correspondence between Commission members and external correspondence with the public and other entities. Includes general correspondence organized by decade, correspondence related to specific park sections (East Fairmount Park, West Fairmount Park, Wissahickon Valley Park, Cobbs Creek, Tacony Creek, Pennypack Creek), art and sculpture matters, land acquisitions, design and construction...
Dates:
1879
North Delaware wharves between Laurel Street and Berks Street, Pier no. 45 to Pier no. 66, 1950 August
Item — Drawer N8: Series 8, Folder: 3.1
Identifier: 8
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
Of the 70+ parks within the Fairmount Park system, there is a disparate amount of material available in this collection. Major watershed parks (such as Fairmount Park and Wissahickon Park) are not covered in this collection, nor are significant indepedent parks such as FDR Park and Bartram's Garden. This collection is concentrated on neighborhood parks, particularly smaller parks and squares. Some parks are undocumented, or have only one or two related items, while other parks...
Dates:
1950 August
Schuylkill River Park: Historical Research Study: Nineteenth-Century Wharves Along the Schuylkill River's East Bank Volume I [Draft], 2009 October
Item — Shelf Wooden 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains technical reports, studies, and project documentation related to Fairmount Park system properties and Philadelphia recreation facilities. Materials include historic structure reports, cultural landscape inventories, archaeological investigations, preservation and conservation evaluations, building condition assessments, master plans, environmental site assessments, engineering reports, project manuals and specifications, feasibility studies, maintenance and operation...
Dates:
2009 October
Schuylkill River Park: Historical Research Study: Nineteenth-Century Wharves Along the Schuylkill River's East Bank Volume II [Draft], 2009 October
Item — Shelf Wooden 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains technical reports, studies, and project documentation related to Fairmount Park system properties and Philadelphia recreation facilities. Materials include historic structure reports, cultural landscape inventories, archaeological investigations, preservation and conservation evaluations, building condition assessments, master plans, environmental site assessments, engineering reports, project manuals and specifications, feasibility studies, maintenance and operation...
Dates:
2009 October
Subject: Wharves, Docks, and Ferries , n.d.
File — Drawer 8.5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
undated