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File:BUILDER'S PLATE AT WESTERN PORTAL, SEE VIEW PA-498-2. - Harrison Avenue Bridge, Spanning Roaring Brook and Central Scranton Expressway (State Route 3022) at Harrison Avenue (State HAER PA,35-SCRAN,7-7.tif

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BUILDER'S PLATE AT WESTERN PORTAL, SEE VIEW PA-498-2. - Harrison Avenue Bridge, Spanning Roaring Brook and Central Scranton Expressway (State Route 3022) at Harrison Avenue (State Route 6011), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA
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BUILDER'S PLATE AT WESTERN PORTAL, SEE VIEW PA-498-2. - Harrison Avenue Bridge, Spanning Roaring Brook and Central Scranton Expressway (State Route 3022) at Harrison Avenue (State Route 6011), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA
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Scranton Department of Public Works; DeLony, Eric N, project manager; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, sponsor; Spivey, Justin M, historian; Lowe, Jet, photographer
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Lackawanna County; Scranton
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER PA,35-SCRAN,7-7
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The bridge, a monumental structure spanning Roaring Brook between East and South Scranton, is a symbol of the city's progressive era in the early 20th century. A citizen's association formed to advocate for this connection between two neighborhoods originally of different economic character. Reinforced concrete engineer A. Burton Cohen, probably hired because of his affiliation with local railroads and the massive Tunkhannock Viaduct...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N610
  • Survey number: HAER PA-498
  • Building/structure dates: 1921-1922 Initial Construction
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 88000767.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3669.photos.361561p
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Object location41° 24′ 32″ N, 75° 39′ 46.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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