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3-4 view of westernmost truss, looking east. - Lehigh Valley Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Spanning Delaware River, south of Lehigh River, Easton, Northampton County, PA
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Elliott, Joseph

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Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor
Title
3-4 view of westernmost truss, looking east. - Lehigh Valley Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Spanning Delaware River, south of Lehigh River, Easton, Northampton County, PA
Description
Pencoyd Iron Works; Central Iron and Steel; Lukens Iron and Steel; Slatington Rolling Mill Company; American Bridge Company; Lehigh Valley 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; Northampton County; Easton
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,48-EATO,14-8
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  • Significance: This structure occupies the piers of the first railroad bridge to cross the Delaware River at Easton. It is also notable for its fish-belly deck trusses, an unusual variant of the Pratt design.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N624
  • Survey number: HAER PA-543
  • Building/structure dates: 1866 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1876 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1901-1902 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3753.photos.362161p
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Object location40° 41′ 14″ N, 75° 12′ 12″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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