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description

Summary

Significance: This structure is significant as a well-preserved example among dozens of stone arch bridges built along the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad during the mid-19th century, and one of few with a curving horizontal alignment.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N619

Survey number: HAER PA-536

Building/structure dates: 1863 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1917 Subsequent Work

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railroad bridges stone bridges gladwyne philadelphia railroad mill bridge mill creek bridge mill creek schuylkill expressway schuylkill expressway montgomery county pennsylvania consolidated rail corporation conrail eric n delony joseph e elliott historic american engineering record gustavus a nicolls norfolk southern railroad pennsylvania historical and museum commission philadelphia and reading railroad justin m spivey j dutton steele photo ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress
date_range

Date

1969 - 1980
person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Nicolls, Gustavus A
Steele, J Dutton
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)
Norfolk Southern Railroad
DeLony, Eric N, project manager
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor
Spivey, Justin M, historian
Elliott, Joseph E, B, photographer
place

Location

create

Source

Library of Congress
link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

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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Topics

railroad bridges stone bridges gladwyne philadelphia railroad mill bridge mill creek bridge mill creek schuylkill expressway schuylkill expressway montgomery county pennsylvania consolidated rail corporation conrail eric n delony joseph e elliott historic american engineering record gustavus a nicolls norfolk southern railroad pennsylvania historical and museum commission philadelphia and reading railroad justin m spivey j dutton steele photo ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress