Allegory of the Water Works

Allegory of the Water Works is a work of art in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania. Allegory of the Water Works is situated nearby to the museum Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center, as well as near South Garden Fountain.

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: statue
Also known as: “The Schuylkill Freed”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Philadelphia Museum of Art and Fairmount Water Works.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Museum

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval. Philadelphia Museum of Art is situated 760 feet east of Allegory of the Water Works.

Fairmount Water Works

Historic site

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The Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was Philadelphia's second municipal waterworks. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and originally finished in 1815, it operated until 1909, winning praise for its design and becoming a popular tourist attraction.

Rocky Steps

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The Rocky Steps is an informal name to the 72 stone steps leading up to the East entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia that gained global fame after being featured in a notable scene from the 1976 film Rocky. Rocky Steps is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Allegory of the Water Works.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairmount and Mantua.

Fairmount

Neighborhood

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Fairmount is a neighborhood within Lower North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its boundaries are north of Fairmount Avenue, west of Corinthian Avenue, south of Girard Avenue and east of The Schuylkill River.

Mantua

Neighborhood

Photo: Roesluna, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mantua is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located north of Spring Garden Street, east of 40th Street, south of Mantua Avenue, and west of 31st Street.

Powelton Village

Neighborhood

Photo: MikeJones133, Public domain.

Powelton Village is a neighborhood in the West Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It consists of mostly Victorian and twin style homes.

Allegory of the Water Works

Category: tourism
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.9662° or 39° 57′ 58″ north

Longitude

-75.1835° or 75° 11′ 1″ west

Open location code

87F6XR88+FJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8069345565

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=statue

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center and Central Marble Fountain.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as South Entrance House, Fairmount Water Works and Caretaker’s House, Fairmount Water Works.

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