Fairmount Park: Sketches of Its Scenery, Waters, and History

20 minutes 66 double sculls acres American Arch Street BARGE CLUB Belmont Mansion blue boat-houses boats Breck catfish Chestnut Hill Chestnut Street Colonies color Columbia Bridge Commissioners concourse crosses David Rittenhouse DEAR SIR Delaware descends east bank erected Fairmount Park FAIRMOUNT WATER Falls Bridge feet fish forest-trees fountain gallons Garden George's Hill Germantown gold stripe Green grounds HAFFELFINGER honor Hotel J. E. Sharp JOHN NICHOLSON John Penn Judge Peters Kelpius Lafayette land Lansdowne letters main carriage drive main carriage road MAPLE SPRING memory miles Mount Prospect Navy oars Park carriage Pennsylvania person Philadelphia Railroad Depot ravine Reading Railroad remains reservoir Revolution Ridge Avenue river road road passes ROBERT MORRIS rock Samuel Breck Schuylkill SCHUYLKILL NAVY side skaters Solitude spring stands stream Street Line Sweet Brier take Spruce Street trees Valley varnished Walnut Washington Wissahickon woods