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Lehigh Valley Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Spanning Delaware River, south of Lehigh River, Easton, Northampton County, PA
Summary
Significance: This structure occupies the piers of the first railroad bridge to cross the Delaware River at Easton. It is also notable for its fish-belly deck trusses, an unusual variant of the Pratt design.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N624
Survey number: HAER PA-543
Building/structure dates: 1866 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1876 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1901-1902 Subsequent Work
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Date
1901
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Pencoyd Iron Works
Central Iron & Steel
Lukens Iron & Steel
Slatington Rolling Mill Company
American Bridge Company
Lehigh Valley 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
Location
West Easton, 40.68843, -75.22073
Source
Library of Congress
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
