. Philadelphie et ses environs, et le paysage ferroviaire de Pennsylvanie . PRO BONO PUBLICO. VERS LE HAUT LE WISSAHICKON. S4 PHILADELPHIE ET SES ENVIRONS. Ont été dug par John Kelpius, un Pietiste allemand, qui s'est installé ici, avec quarante disciples, il y a deux cents ans, Et a vécu une vie d'ermites, en attendant l'accomplissement de ses rêves.lui et ses associés ont donné des noms à beaucoup de scènes ici, parmi eux le HermitsPool, dont nous donnons une illustration. Trois miles et demi au-dessus de son embouchure le ruisseau est traversé par une belle structure calledthe Pipe Bridge, six cent quatre-vingt fe

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. Philadelphia and its environs, and the railroad scenery of Pennsylvania . PRO BONO PUBLICO. UP THE WISSAHICKON. S4 PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. have been dug by John Kelpius, a German Pietist, who settled down here, with forty followers, two hundred years ago, and lived a hermits life, waiting for the fulfillment of his dreams.He and his associates gave names to many of the scenes about here, among them the HermitsPool, of which we give an illustration. Three and a half miles above its mouth the stream is crossed by a beautiful structure calledthe Pipe Bridge, six hundred and eighty-four feet long and one hundred feet above the creek.The water-pipes that supply Germantown with water form the chords of the bridge, the whole. THE WISSAHICKON AT CHESTNUT HILL. being bound together with wrought-iron. It was designed by Frederick Graff, and constructedunder his superintendence. A hundred yards above this is the wooden bridge shown in ourengraving. Near this is the Devils Pool, a basin in Creshein Creek, a small tributary of theWissahickon. The next point of interest is the stone bridge at Valley Green, and half a mile beyond thisis the first public drinking-fountain erected in Philadelphia. It was placed here in 1854, andwas the precursor of a numerous and beneficial following. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. 85

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