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TRACK LEVEL VIEW LOOKING NORTH, SHOWING CAST-IRON RAILING ACROSS TOP OF VIADUCT - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Thomas Viaduct, Spanning Patapsco River, Elkridge, Howard County, MD
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TRACK LEVEL VIEW LOOKING NORTH, SHOWING CAST-IRON RAILING ACROSS TOP OF VIADUCT - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Thomas Viaduct, Spanning Patapsco River, Elkridge, Howard County, MD
Description
Latrobe, Benjamin; McCartney, John; Wever, Casper; Thomas, Phillip E
Depicted place Maryland; Howard County; Elkridge
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 MD,14-ELK,1-9
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  • Significance: The first multi-span masonry railroad bridge in the U.S. and the first to be built on a curving alignment, the Thomas Viaduct was the largest bridge in the nation in its day, and was named for Philip E. Thomas, first president of the B and O.
  • Survey number: HAER MD-3
  • Building/structure dates: 1835 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1929 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work
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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 66000388.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/md0802.photos.082108p
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