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Pennsylvania Railroad, 25th Street Elevated, Above South Twenty-fifth Street, from Washington Avenue to Passayunk Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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Pennsylvania Railroad, 25th Street Elevated, Above South Twenty-fifth Street, from Washington Avenue to Passayunk Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

description

Summary

Significance: This elevated urban freight railroad is unusual for its great length and alignment directly over a city street.
Survey number: HAER PA-549
Building/structure dates: 1926-1928 Initial Construction

date_range

Date

1969 - 1980

person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Shand, Alexander C

Philadelphia Department of Public Works

Bethlehem Steel Company

Sinclair & Grigg

Pennsylvania Railroad

Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)

CSX Transportation

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

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 39.95258, -75.16522

Google Map of 39.9525839, -75.1652215

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

copyright

Copyright info

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