Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, Bridge No. 1, Spanning Schuylkill River, south of Grays Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Summary
Significance: Grays Ferry is the site of one of Philadelphia's oldest Schuylkill River bridges. The present swing span is typical of movable bridge construction at the turn of the 20th century.
Survey number: HAER PA-547
Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1987 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
American Bridge Company
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)
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
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 39.93939, -75.19677
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