The Schuylkill River as a Dividing Line

 On the West side of the Schuylkill River (foreground) elements of industry are certainly present as well as pastoral spaces. In the center foreground is the Market Street "Permanent" Bridge, the major crossing point. By the time of this painting the bridge had been widened to also carry a railroad. A roundhouse for the rail road engines is visible just left the oval racetrack. To the right of the bridge are warehouses and docks, next are factories of Wetherhills Lead Works, and to the far right is the "Blockley" Alms-house and grounds. Further west (closer) are houses and shops of West Philadelphia. Along the opposite bank of the river is the water works and reservoir, and the old and new Gas Works.