File:VIEW OF EAST SPANS FROM NORTH-LEVEL Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HAER-GS05-B-1971-603R. - Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Wissahickon Creek Viaduct, Spanning HAER PA,51-PHILA,698-3.tif

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VIEW OF EAST SPANS FROM NORTH-LEVEL Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HAER-GS05-B-1971-603R. - Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Wissahickon Creek Viaduct, Spanning Wissahickon Creek, north of Ridge Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
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Buchholz, C W; Nolan and Brothers Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad; Consolidated Rail Corporation; Norfolk Southern Railroad; Lorenz, William; Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA); 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 5 x 7 in.
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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,698-3
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  • Significance: The Wissahickon Creek Viaduct marks the beginning of a resurgence in major stone arch bridge construction on American railroads after the panic of 1873.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N633
  • Survey number: HAER PA-36
  • Building/structure dates: 1881-1882 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1930 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa1648.photos.140466p
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