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DECK TRUSS SECTION, NEAR FRANKLIN FIELD, LOOKING NORTH. - Pennsylvania Railroad, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylkill River, north of Arsenal Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
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DECK TRUSS SECTION, NEAR FRANKLIN FIELD, LOOKING NORTH. - Pennsylvania Railroad, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylkill River, north of Arsenal Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Description
Brown, William H; American Bridge Company; Pencoyd Iron Works; John Goll and Company; Sparks and Evans; Pennsylvania Railroad; Consolidated Rail Corporation; CSX Transportation; Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad; Philadelphia Department of Public Works; Webster, George S; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, sponsor; DeLony, Eric N, project manager; Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor; Spivey, Justin M, historian; Borchers, Perry E, photographer; Elliott, Joseph E, B, photographer
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Philadelphia County; Philadelphia
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,51-PHILA,696-9
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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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  • See also HAER PA-71 for related documentation. Includes photographs.
  • Significance: The West Philadelphia Elevated, part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's program to separate passenger and freight traffic, includes the country's largest brick arch viaduct.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N629
  • Survey number: HAER PA-38
  • Building/structure dates: 1903 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1932 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa1645.photos.355663p
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Camera location39° 56′ 58″ N, 75° 11′ 16″ W  Heading=0° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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