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Overview, from south. - North Pennsylvania Railroad, Landis Ridge Tunnel, Beneath Landis Ridge and State Route 563, Perkasie, Bucks County, PA
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Elliott, Joseph, creator
Title
Overview, from south. - North Pennsylvania Railroad, Landis Ridge Tunnel, Beneath Landis Ridge and State Route 563, Perkasie, Bucks County, PA
Description
Miller, Edward; Thurlow; North Pennsylvania Railroad; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad; 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; Bucks County; Perkasie
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,9-PERK,3-1
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  • Significance: This is one of few early American railroad tunnels that has not been altered to increase clearances. It retains its original south portal, and is unlined over most of its length.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N586
  • Survey number: HAER PA-514
  • Building/structure dates: 1853-1857 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1911 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3719.photos.361951p
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