Municipal waterworks nown for its architecture and its engineering innovations, it now houses a restaurant and an interpretive center that explains the waterworks' purpose and local watershed history
General Information
How to Get There
Take S Penn Square, John F Kennedy Blvd, Benjamin Franklin Pkwy and Spring Garden St to Anne d'Harnoncourt Dr/Art Museum Dr. Turn right onto Anne d'Harnoncourt Dr/Art Museum Dr.
Overview
The Fairmount Water Works was Philadelphia's second municipal waterworks, designed by Frederick Graff in 1812, built until 1872, and used until 1909, the first U.S. water supply to use paddle wheels to move water. A National Historic Landmark (1976), it later housed the Philadelphia Aquarium (until 1962) and a swimming pool (until 1973). Today there is an interpretive center with regular tours and a restaurant, beside Boathouse Row and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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