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DETAIL VIEW OF PIERCED SPANDREL, LOOKING WEST. - Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Peacock's Lock Viaduct, Spanning Schuykill River at Reading Railroad, Reading, Berks County, PA
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Barrett, William Edmund

Related names:

Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor
Title
DETAIL VIEW OF PIERCED SPANDREL, LOOKING WEST. - Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Peacock's Lock Viaduct, Spanning Schuykill River at Reading Railroad, Reading, Berks County, PA
Description
Nicolls, Gustavus A; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad; Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad; Denison, Scoville, Candee and Company; DeLony, Eric N, project manager; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, sponsor; Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor; Spivey, Justin M, historian; Barrett, William Edmund, photographer; Lowe, Jet, photographer
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Berks County; Reading
Date 1975
date QS:P571,+1975-00-00T00:00:00Z/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,6-READ.V,2-3
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  • Significance: The Peacock's Lock Viaduct, named after a nearby lock on the Schuylkill Division Canal, may be the only masonry arch bridge in the U.S. with pierced spandrels. The circular openings between arches lighten the structure in both weight and appearance.
  • Survey number: HAER PA-118
  • Building/structure dates: 1853-1856 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa1780.photos.355792p
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Object location40° 20′ 08.02″ N, 75° 55′ 37.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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