A description of the navy yard at Philadelphia made by Carl David Arfwedson between 1832-1834

P. 280: “A portion of the United States’ Navy is stationed at the southern extremity of Philadelphia. The largest man-of-war probably in the world is building here, and is justly shown as a prodigy. It is enclosed in a wooden shed, on the roof of which is a reservoir of water in the event of fire. When launched, she is intended to carry one hundred and forty-four guns, and will be named the Pennsylvania.”

Source

Carl David Arfwedson. The United States in 1832, 1833, and 1834, vol 1. London, 1834. Digitized by Google.