463787 Stand pipe, For West Philada. Water Works, printed by Thomas S. Sinclair (c.1805-1881), c.1853 (litho) by Rease, W.H. & Schell, F. (19th century); 50 x 23 cm; Library Company of Philadelphia, PA, USA; (add.info.: View showing the proposed design for a standpipe with an ornate spiral staircase and statute of George Washington to be erected at Thirty-Fifth and Sycamore streets as part of the Twenty Fourth Ward Water Works (i.e., West Philadelphia Water Works). Individuals gaze up at the stucture from its base as other men and women ascend the staircase and view the vista from the observation deck. Completed circa 1855, without the statue, after the designs of engineers Birkinbine & Trotter, the standpipe served as a reservoir for the waterworks located on the west bank of the Schuylkill River above the ... ); 穢 Library Company of Philadelphia ; Library Company of Philadelphia; American, out of copyright.