Philadelphia Gas Works, Point Breeze Meter House, Intersection of Passyunk & Schuylkill Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Summary
Significance: These structures represent one of America's early large scale gas production facilities. Constructed in the Gothic Style they were important structures that contributed to the growth of Philadelphia's municipal services.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1393
Survey number: HAER PA-41
Building/structure dates: 1851-1854 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1861 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1868 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Cresson, John C
Merrick, Samuel V
Orr, David, historian
Levy, Herb, historian
Clement, Daniel, historian
Jackson, Donald C, historian
Levy, Herbert W, delineator
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 39.95258, -75.16522
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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