{"id":236,"date":"2015-02-27T18:54:19","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T23:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philachaptersah.org\/?p=236"},"modified":"2015-02-27T18:54:19","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T23:54:19","slug":"harrisons-folly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philachaptersah.org\/index.php\/2015\/02\/27\/harrisons-folly\/","title":{"rendered":"HARRISON\u2019S FOLLY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2015-03-30<\/a>
\nco-sponsored with\u00a0The Oliver Evans Chapter, Society for Industrial Archeology<\/em><\/p>\n

by\u00a0Patty McCarthy,\u00a0Friends of Northeast\u00a0Philadelphia History<\/p>\n

Monday, March 30
\n5:30 Wine\/Beer & Cheese,\u00a06:30 Program
\nRegistration required at\u00a0<\/strong>oliverevanssia@outlook.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Cost: $10 for those who register\u00a0in advance, $15 for non-registered,\u00a0Payable at the door.<\/p>\n

Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center,\u00a0640 Waterworks Dr.
\nSince the Art Museum and Restaurant are closed, you can park on the circle around the Seahorse Fountain, closer to FWWIC.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome persons care little or nothing for the past. Musty records and old things have no charm for them.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Joseph Harrison Jr., The Locomotive Engineer and Philadelphia\u2019s Share In Its Early Improvements<\/span>, 1872<\/em><\/p>\n

Joseph Harrison Jr. (1810-1874), engineer, inventor, art collector, writer and one-time major property owner in Northeast Philadelphia, was not a person who cared \u201clittle or nothing for the past.\u201d\u00a0 The quote above is the opening passage of his 1872 history of the early development of the locomotive, a history in which Harrison himself played a significant role [as creator of the Harrison Safety Boiler]. In 2013, a collection of photographs came to light offering previously unknown views of Harrison\u2019s unusual mid-19th-century estate stretching from Holmesburg to Torresdale along the Delaware River.\u00a0 The photos were taken in 1901 by the Philadelphia Water Department to document its demolition of the estate for construction of the new Torresdale Water Treatment Plant on the site.\u00a0 The images are part of an album that includes mechanical drawings and other technical materials on the plant\u2019s construction.\u00a0 In the 1950s, a superintendent at the plant rescued the album from a junk pile and gave it to his son-in-law Henry Kalinowski, also a superintendent at the plant.\u00a0 The album eventually passed into the possession of Kalinowski\u2019s daughter Vivian Haggerty, who is a neighbor of local historian Pat Worthington Stopper.\u00a0 Stopper arranged for the album\u2019s donation to the Friends of Northeast Philadelphia History.\u00a0 As revealed in the photos, \u201cHarrison\u2019s Folly,\u201d as the estate came to be known, was an interesting and unusual property. The same could be said for the man who built it.\u00a0 Join Patty McCarthy to learn about this fascinating slice of Philly history.(Text adapted from Northeast Times, August 27, 2014)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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