Fairmount Park

Fairmount Park

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · Public domain

Year

1812

Type

landscape

At over 810 hectares, Fairmount Park is one of the largest urban parks in the United States, stretching along both banks of the Schuylkill River and the Wissahickon Creek. The park originated in 1855 to protect the city's water supply from …

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