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[45] Philadelphia City Hall was occupied by the mayor beginning in 1889 [2] and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania beginning in 1891, [3] and the building was topped out in 1894. [1] City Hall was the tallest habitable building in the world until 1908 when surpassed by the Singer Building.
William Penn is a bronze statue of William Penn, the founder of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by Alexander Milne Calder. [1]It is located atop the Philadelphia City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze and Stone. New York: Walker Publishing Company. OCLC 1151158386. Finkel, Kenneth; Oyama, Susan (1988). Philadelphia Then and Now: 60 Sites Photographed in the Past and Present. New York: Library Company of Philadelphia; Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-25790-7. OCLC 1150971538.
Construction of the Mill Creek Sewer in West Philadelphia, ca. 1883. The Philadelphia Water Department has been providing water to citizens since 1801, when, in the aftermath of a series of devastating yellow fever epidemics that killed thousands of people, the City decided a source of water was needed to cleanse the streets, fight fires, and perform household chores.
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 song "Logan Circle" from their album The Upsides opens with "They turned on the fountain today at Logan Circle"; there are several references to the fountain and the city of Philadelphia in the band's lyrics. It is the subject of the song "Spit Fountain" by Philadelphia emo band Algernon Cadwallader.
City Hall is a square doughnut of a building that occupies a 4-block site at the center of the downtown. In the middle of each side is an arched portal leading into the central courtyard, and its north side includes a 548 ft clock tower. Until 1987, this tower was the tallest structure in the city. [18]
City Hall station is a SEPTA subway station in Philadelphia. Located in Center City underneath City Hall, it serves the Broad Street Line. It is the busiest station on the line, serving 57,000 passengers daily. [2] City Hall station is served by local, express, and special "Sport Express" trains. Entrances are located on the east and west sides ...