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WEST END THROUGH TRUSS OVER CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY TRACKS, FROM WEST. - Easton and Northern Railroad, Lehigh River Bridge, Spanning Lehigh River, Easton, Northampton County, PA
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WEST END THROUGH TRUSS OVER CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY TRACKS, FROM WEST. - Easton and Northern Railroad, Lehigh River Bridge, Spanning Lehigh River, Easton, Northampton County, PA
Description
Schall, F E; Union Bridge Company; Terry and Tench Construction Company; Easton and Northern Railroad; Lehigh Valley Railroad; Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail); 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; Northampton County; Easton
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,48-EATO,13-7
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  • Significance: This structures is significant for its highly complex geometry, with skew trusses carrying trucks on a reverse curve. It possesses a remarkable degree of integrity for a 19th century steel truss bridge on a freight railroad.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N623
  • Survey number: HAER PA-540
  • Building/structure dates: 1896-1899 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3750.photos.362130p
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