for the City Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1654, "Fairmount Water Works, Aquarium Drive, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA", 14 photos, 4 color transparencies, 6 photo
The Philadelphia Aquarium was one of the first aquariums in the United States. It was located on the east bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia’s decommissioned Fairmount Water Works buildings from 1911 to 1962, as part of Fairmount Park. History By 1909, Philadelphia’s Fairmount ...
The 1876 Centennial Exposition was held in Fairmount Park, a few blocks from the 33-acre (13 ha) zoo. U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant had officiated at the Exposition and visited the zoo on...
Robert Van Deusen, the Director of the Fairmount Park Aquarium in Philadelphia. [2] The aquarium was originally an open air aquarium, one of the first and largest at the time. During the...
The City failed to provide funds to build a new public Aquarium in Fairmount Park recommended by the Fairmount Park Commission. Frustration led to raising $3 million of private funds to...
Fairmount Water Works. 좋아하는 사람 2,861명 · 이야기하고 있는 사람들 11명 · 12,052명이 방문했습니다. Discover. Connect. Act. Historic site of pumping station, aquarium, Kelly...
For other uses, see Fairmount Park (disambiguation). Fairmount Park U.S. National Register of... Philadelphia Aquarium Sedgley Woods Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia...
While many know Philadelphia as the site of the first zoo in the United States, the story of the Philadelphia Aquarium, once among the largest in the world, is a less well-known part of the city’s history. Following the closure of the Fairmount Water Works plant in 1909, the site took on new life as home to an aquarium from 1911 to 1962. At the time, aquariums were a novel concept largely inspired by fishery exhibitions at the Chicago and St. Louis World’s Fairs in 1893 and 1904 respectively. After fifteen years of debate over the issue, th ...
Stubs Madison Park, Seattle Ballard Avenue Historic District The Big Short Nootka Convention Seattle Aquarium Fairmount Park, Seattle Japanese Monroe Doctrine for Asia Victory Heights...
Similarly, Pennsylvania's sole shark attack occurred at the now-defunct Philadelphia Aquarium at Fairmount Water Works in 1961, according to Shark Attack Data. It was also not fatal. In...