University City in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

3301 Baring Street: Coleman Sellers, Engineer and Inventor

Historic Powelton Village

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 25, 2022

1. 3301 Baring Street: Coleman Sellers, Engineer and Inventor Marker

Inscription. Philadelphia-born Coleman Sellers was a life-long engineer whose expertise was in locomotives, a new form of transportation in the mid-1800s. He is known for overseeing the creation of the first hydroelectric dam at Niagara Falls and, among many other inventions, creating the first operative moving-picture camera, which he called the "kinematoscope." Sellers was a professor of mechanics at the Franklin Institute, where he served as both vice president and president. He went on to become the president of the American Society of the Mechanical Engineers.

Erected by Powelton Village Civic Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 39° 57.701′ N, 75° 11.388′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in University City. It is at the intersection of Baring Street and North 33rd Street (U.S. 13), on the right when traveling west on Baring Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal

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address: 3301 Baring St, Philadelphia PA 19104, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Veterans Memorial (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mantua (approx. ¼ mile away); Walter Golaski (approx. 0.3 miles away); Drexel University (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lancaster Avenue Readiness Center (approx. 0.4 miles away); 103D Engineer Battalion History (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Drexel University (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lancaster Walk (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.

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Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 25, 2022

2. 3301 Baring Street

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 26, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 342 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 26, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.