File:DETAIL OF RAILING ALONG EAST WALKWAY. - South Eighth Street Viaduct, Spanning Little Lehigh Creek at Eighth Street (State Route 2055), Allentown, Lehigh County, PA HAER PA,39-ALLEN,8-4.tif

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DETAIL OF RAILING ALONG EAST WALKWAY. - South Eighth Street Viaduct, Spanning Little Lehigh Creek at Eighth Street (State Route 2055), Allentown, Lehigh County, PA
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Eliott, Joseph
Title
DETAIL OF RAILING ALONG EAST WALKWAY. - South Eighth Street Viaduct, Spanning Little Lehigh Creek at Eighth Street (State Route 2055), Allentown, Lehigh County, PA
Description
Wysor, W W; Davis, Benjamin H; Allentown Bridge Company; McArthur Brothers; DeLony, Eric N, project manager; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, sponsor; Elliott, Joseph E, B, photographer
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Lehigh County; Allentown
Date 1997
date QS:P571,+1997-00-00T00:00:00Z/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,39-ALLEN,8-4
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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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  • Significance: It is one of the earliest surviving example of "monumental" reinforced concrete construction. Initially planned in 1900 as a steel truss structure over the Little Lehigh Creek, the final result, built more than a decade later, represents the financial collaboration between the Allentown Bridge Company's founders and Harry Trexler, owner of Lehigh Portland Cement Company. At the turn of the 20th century, concrete and related products were becoming an important component in the Lehigh Valley's economy alongside the earlier iron and steel industries...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N437
  • Survey number: HAER PA-459
  • Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 88000870.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3578.photos.361132p
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Object location40° 36′ 29.99″ N, 75° 29′ 26.02″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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