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Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spanning Darby Creek, South of Essington Avenue (State Route 291), Eddystone, Delaware County, PA
Summary
Significance: Because Pennsylvania has few low-lying areas, the bridge is one of a limited number of movable railroad structures in the state, and even more rare as an overhead-counterweight bascule bridge.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N606
Survey number: HAER PA-526
Building/structure dates: 1917-1918 Initial Construction
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Strauss Bascule Bridge Company
Bethlehem Steel Bridge Corporation
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)
Norfolk Southern Railroad
CSX Transportation
DeLony, Eric N, project manager
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor
Spivey, Justin M, historian
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Location
Eddystone, 39.85906, -75.33523
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
