Philadelphia Aquarium - Portico

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Philadelphia Aquarium - Portico

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Item No: pdcp00683
Title: Philadelphia Aquarium - Portico
Additional Title: "The Portico of the Aquarium. | There is no more ideal location for open air plays, musical festivals or similar entertainments. It is at the foot of the promintory on which the Museum of Art will be located."
Media Type: Photolithography
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Located in Box: Allens Lane Art Center - Arcade Folder: Aquariums

Photomechanical print of the Portico of the Philadelphia Aquarium. Print from a souvenir of the Fairmount Park- Park Guard Pension Fund Association (1914).

Buildings originally served as the Fairmount Water Works until 1909. Operated as the Philadelphia Aquarium from 1911-1962. Within the first year of its existence the Aquarium was visited by over 260,000 people and by 1929 was one of the four largest aquariums in the world. Closed in 1962 due to funding issues and in 1977 was designated an ASME Historical Mechanical Engineering Landmark.

For more information visit: http://www.phillyhistory.org/blog/index.php/2010/06/the-philadelphia-aquarium-at-the-fairmount-water-works/

SEE ALSO: Fairmount Water Works


Creation Year: 1914
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.183520
Geocode Latitude:39.966069

Creator Name: Fairmount Park Guard Pension Fund Association - Author

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