I te Mei 16, 1911, ka hainatia e te koromatua o Philadelphia he ture e tohu ana kia hangaia he whare wai i te waahi o nga Mahi Wai o Fairmount. Tata ki te $ 1,500 i whakawhiwhia i te timatanga ki te hanga i tetahi aquarium mo te wa poto i roto i te whare ka riro hei whare korero, me nga mahere ki te whakamahi i nga whare hiko e rua mo te aquarium pumau. I hangaia te whare wai hei āwhina ki te whakaako i ngā manuhiri ki te wāhi noho, te whakatipu, me ngā mahi a ngā ika, otirā ko ngā ika o Pennsylvania. He ariā hou tēnei i taua wā, i takea mai i ngā whakaaturanga o ngā ika i te 1893 (Chicago) me te 1904 (St. Louis)
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