1857 May 10.
Description
Additional Makers: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
1 drawing : watercolor. | Two small boats on the Schuylkill River with a small building, the old quarantine station, in the background.
Image Licence
No known restrictions on publication.
Image Credit
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-22825
Location
Lazaretto Quarantine Station, Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Country
USA
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Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
TWW Comment
The first quarantine station on the Schuylkill River was established in 1742 near Fort Mifflin, on Province Island, but a serious outbreak of yellow fever in Philadelphia in 1793 necessitated its relocation to a more remote site. The Lazaretto Quarantine Station was built in 1799 in the Tinicum Township and is now on the National Register of Historic Places.
