Laurel Hill Cemetery
the Laurel Hill Cemetery is part of Fairmount Park .Top photos chosen by u all:
Thomas Sparks
Made by lucindalunacy
Founder of the Already Posted Sparks Shot Tower that I can see from my Deck! It looks like a smoke stack with a lid on top, but it's really America's first shot tower built in 1808. Shot towers revolutionized the making of musket balls and other solid projectiles based on the principle that molten lead will form perfect round balls when poured from a high place. Until this discovery, gun shot was made by pouring the lead into wooden molds. Plumber Thomas Sparks and a partner created a 142-foot-high brick tower with a 30-foot circumference at its base tapering to 15 feet at the top. It stands along the Delaware River waterfront at Carpenter Street in South Philly and is easily seen from Route I-95. The molten lead was poured through a mesh with different sized holes for different sizes of shot. The balls fell into a large container of water. The tower produced tons of ammunition during the War of 1812 and the Civil War. Four generations of the Sparks family kept the tower in operation until 1903. The tower is now part of a city playground with a recreation center at the base. It's a prime example of Philadelphia's reputation for superb brickwork. www.ushistory.org/oddities/sparks.htm
Creep
Made by Scobie19
Taken at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila, PA. Possibly the creepiest pic that i have taken yet, but i love it...
View of the River
Made by lucindalunacy
Schuykill River
Train Arcade
Made by Frank Roche
Falls Bridge from Afar
Made by Frank Roche
Nearest places of interest:
| Strawberry Mansion Bridge East Park Reservoir Brewerytown Northstar Bar | Sherman Mills The Field House Johnny Mananas Falls Bridge |
