Pennsylvania Railroad, French Creek Trestle, Spanning French Creek, north of Paradise Street, Phoenixville, Chester County, PA
Summary
Significance: With its sixteen plate-girder spans of various ages, is an excellent example of American railroads' practice of recycling main-line structures into branches and sidings.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N593
Survey number: HAER PA-519
Building/structure dates: 1891-1892 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1898 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1901 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1914 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1923 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1901
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Leonard, H R
Phoenix Bridge Company
American Bridge Company, Pencoyd Plant
Pennsylvania 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
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Location
Phoenixville (Pa.), 40.13302, -75.52953
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