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The Fairmount Water Works was initially constructed between 1812 and 1815 on the east bank of the Schuylkill River.The Water Works initially consisted of a 3 million US gallons (11,000,000 L) earthen reservoir atop Faire Mount at the present site of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and a pump house with two steam engines to pump water.
The Bethlehem Waterworks, also known as the Old Waterworks or 1762 Waterworks, is believed to be the oldest pump-powered public water supply in what is now the United States. The pumphouse, which includes original and replica equipment, is located in the Colonial Industrial Quarter of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania , between Monocacy Creek and Main ...
The Herron Hill Pumping Station was designed by William Smith Fraser, a notable late-nineteenth century Pittsburgh architect who designed many buildings in Pittsburgh, such as the National Bank of Commerce building in 1888 and the Arbuthnot-Stephenson building in 1890, both of which were considered Pittsburgh's first skyscrapers, as well as the flagship downtown department store for the Joseph ...
The pump house was brought back into village control in 2023. More: 'Exciting changes' are planned for this former KDB building in Peoria Heights. This article originally appeared on Journal Star: ...
This art gallery runs through June 28.
During peak power demand periods, the water is allowed to flow back from the lake through the shafts to the eight turbines causing the pumps to act as generators. The Muddy Run electrical machinery was designed by the noted engineer Eugene C. Whitney of Westinghouse Electric Company, who designed the machinery for the Grand Coulee Dam #3 ...
The Wyeth House and Studio are located in a rural-residential area southeast of the village center of Chadds Ford, on the south side of Murphy Road. Set on about 18 acres (7.3 ha) of land are the main house, art studio, barn, and pump house. The property is bounded on the north by Murphy Road and the south by Brandywine Creek.
CHILLICOTHE — The Pump House Center for the Arts recently held an open house celebration for its April art show. This month the gallery was taken over by artists from the Chillicothe Art League.