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- Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA
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- Market Street Bridge, Spanning North Branch of Susquehanna River, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA
Description
Carrere and Hastings, Architects; Atherton, Thomas H; Davis, Benjamin Herman; Rae, Walter S; Carol A. Benenson and Associates, Wynnewood, PA, contractor; Lavalley, M Pilar, transmitter; Tanner, Lewis, photographer; Perloff, Carol Benenson, historian
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Wilkes-Barre
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
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
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HAER PA-342-16
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  • Significance: The 1929 Market Street Bridge, the fourth and grandest structure to cross the Susquehanna River at this location, reflects the evolution of Wilkes-Barre from an 18th-century agricultural settlement into a thriving metropolis built upon the coal industry. Anthracite fostered urban growth and prosperity, fueling significant early-20th-century civic improvements such as this new bridge. Architecturally, the monumental Beaux Arts-style bridge, designed by nationally prominent New York architects Carrere and Hastings, stands as a gateway to downtown Wilkes-Barre and as one of Pennsylvania's most outstanding concrete bridges.
  • Survey number: HAER PA-342
  • Building/structure dates: 1926-1929 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3084.photos.200467p
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