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File:FROM SW, DETAIL OF WESTERNMOST ARCH. - Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Manatawny Creek Bridge, Spanning Manatawny Creek, south of Ben Franklin Highway, Pottstown, Montgomery HAER PA,46-POTTS,1-4.tif

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FROM SW, DETAIL OF WESTERNMOST ARCH. - Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Manatawny Creek Bridge, Spanning Manatawny Creek, south of Ben Franklin Highway, Pottstown, Montgomery County, PA
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Eliott, Joseph

Related names:

Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor
Title
FROM SW, DETAIL OF WESTERNMOST ARCH. - Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Manatawny Creek Bridge, Spanning Manatawny Creek, south of Ben Franklin Highway, Pottstown, Montgomery County, PA
Description
Nicolls, Gustavus A; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad; Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail); Norfolk Southern Railroad; DeLony, Eric N, project manager; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, sponsor; Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor; Spivey, Justin M, historian; Elliott, Joseph E, B, photographer
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Montgomery County; Pottstown
Date 1999
date QS:P571,+1999-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 4 x 5 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,46-POTTS,1-4
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  • Significance: The bridge is typical of dozens of stone arch bridges built along the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad during the mid-19th century. This particular example demonstrates how the railroad used reinforced concrete to widen existing structures.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N620
  • Survey number: HAER PA-537
  • Building/structure dates: 1847 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1894 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1917 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3747.photos.362102p
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Object location40° 14′ 43.01″ N, 75° 39′ 00″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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