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Frankford Elevated, 52100-5400 Frankford Avenue (guideway & stations), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Summary

Significance: The Frankford Elevated is significant as an early twentieth-century mass transit system in Philadelphia that had significant local elevated includes structures and station buildings that are representative of early twentieth-century transportation and commercial design.

Survey number: HAER PA-430

Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1922 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Twining, William S
Quimby, Henry H
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Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ,  39.95258, -75.16522
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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railroad stations frankford frankford avenue guideway stations philadelphia philadelphia county pennsylvania elevated railroads transportation carl e doebley historic american engineering record henry h quimby william s twining graydon wood photo ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress car vintage ads