P.R.R. Pennsylvania Railroad terminal, Oct.' 08 New York
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More
Joseph Pennell - Oil refining, Whiting, Indiana
Library has two impressions No. 729-1: [The horseshoe curve, Pennsylvania Railroad], [His Railroad series] Wuerth, 729. Edition of 50? Trial proof. Signed in pencil. Ex coll.: E. A. Ballard. Plate destroyed. ... More
ATTERBURY, WILLIAM WALLACE. V.P., PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 19... More
Pennsy VP before Senate Rail Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. After...
Two men in suits sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pennsylvania R.R. ore docks, a "Hulett" ore unloader in operation, Cle...
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Pennsylvania R.R. ore docks, unloading iron ore from a lake freighter ...
12002-16. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More
Loading a lake freighter with coal for shipment to other lake ports, S...
12002-15. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More
A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Office of War Informatio...
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New York, New York. Draftees on their way to a train to the induction ...
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Sandusky, Ohio. Loading coal into a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania...
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Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading a lake freighter by means of Hewlett [i.e.,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Cleveland, Ohio. A trainlaod of iron ore leaving the Pennsylvania Rail...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Pennsylvania Railroad bunk house, 46th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
West Penn Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad, spanning Allegheny River, Pit...
Significance: Built to provide railroad access to Washington's Landing, the bridge has become a signature bridge in Pittsburgh. The elegant double intersection Pratt truss frames a dramatic view of Pittsburgh a... More
West Penn Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad, spanning Allegheny River, Pit...
Significance: Built to provide railroad access to Washington's Landing, the bridge has become a signature bridge in Pittsburgh. The elegant double intersection Pratt truss frames a dramatic view of Pittsburgh a... More
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 106, South of Tacony Street between Br...
Significance: Established in 1816, the Frankford Arsenal served for three decades as a depot for the storage and repair of arms, accoutrements, and ammunition for the United States Army. From 1849 to 1976, the... More
Thirtieth Street Station, Load Dispatch Center, Thirtieth & Market Str...
Significance: It was designed to visually and aurally indicate the operating status of the railroad's power system. This particular load dispatch center monitors and supervises electrical loads and power supply... More
Thirtieth Street Station, Load Dispatch Center, Thirtieth & Market Str...
Significance: It was designed to visually and aurally indicate the operating status of the railroad's power system. This particular load dispatch center monitors and supervises electrical loads and power supply... More
Juniata Shops, Turntable, South of Sixth Street at Third Avemue, Altoo...
Significance: A typical electrically powered turntable used in conjunction with the adjacent Erecting Shops and Machine Shops (HAER No. PA-232-D). Survey number: HAER PA-232-K
Pennsylvania Railroad, 52nd Street Bridge, North Fifty-second Street a...
Significance: The bridge's main span, a pin-connected Parker through truss, is an exceptionally long example of its type. Its length surpasses the practical limit of 300', beyond which a subdivided Pennsylvania... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, 52nd Street Bridge, North Fifty-second Street a...
Significance: The bridge's main span, a pin-connected Parker through truss, is an exceptionally long example of its type. Its length surpasses the practical limit of 300', beyond which a subdivided Pennsylvania... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, 52nd Street Bridge, North Fifty-second Street a...
Significance: The bridge's main span, a pin-connected Parker through truss, is an exceptionally long example of its type. Its length surpasses the practical limit of 300', beyond which a subdivided Pennsylvania... More
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Bridge No. 3, Spanning ...
Significance: This arch span over Island Road is significant for its architectural detail, a whimsical interpretation of classical proportions in reinforced concrete. Its most remarkable features are balustrade... More
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Market Street, West Chester, Chester Co...
Survey number: HABS PA-246 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1962 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1968 Demolished
Pennsylvania Railroad, Manayunk Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill Expressway...
Significance: The bridge's nine open-spandrel reinforced concrete arches follow an unusual reverse curvature, which earns it the nickname "S-bridge." Towering over the town of Manayunk and the Schuylkill Expres... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, 25th Street Elevated, Above South Twenty-fifth ...
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
Pennsylvania Railroad, 25th Street Elevated, Above South Twenty-fifth ...
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
Pennsylvania Railroad Company House, 1121-23 Eighth Avenue, Altoona, B...
Written data includes copies of floor plans. Significance: Unlike the Cambria Iron Works in Johnstown, which built hundreds of company houses, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company eschewed the construction of hous... More
New interchange station, 31st and Market streets, West Philadelphia, 1...
Print showing bird's-eye view of railroad yard in West Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania Railroad, Trenton Cut-Off, Bridge No. 25 at Earnest, Span...
Significance: The bridge is significant for its association with the Pennsylvania Railroad's Trenton Cut-Off, an early low-grade freight line around Philadelphia. Unprocessed Field note material exists for thi... More
Huntingdon Station, Fourth & Allegheny Streets, Huntingdon, Huntingdon...
Significance: The Huntingdon Statation was constructed to serve the Pennsylvania Railroad and the H&BT, consolidating functions previously served by two existing buildings. Survey number: HAER PA-244 Building... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, South Branch Chicago River Bridge, Spanning Sou...
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Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Wilmington Train Station, Front & ...
Survey number: HAER DE-12-D Building/structure dates: 1905-1908 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1976 Subsequent Work
Connecting Railway, Schuylkill River Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River...
See also HABS PA-6213 for additional documentation. Includes photographs. See also HAER PA-71 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: Completed in 1867, the Connecting Railway's Schuylkil... More
Connecting Railway, Schuylkill River Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River...
See also HABS PA-6213 for additional documentation. Includes photographs. See also HAER PA-71 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: Completed in 1867, the Connecting Railway's Schuylkil... More
Christiana Borough Bridge, Bridge Street over Pennsylvania Railroad, C...
Significance: The Christiana Borough Bridge is a rare survivor of the Whipple truss bridge structure with wrought iron Phoenix columns. Built in 1893-95 by the Pennsylvania Railroad during a period of railroad... More
Christiana Borough Bridge, Bridge Street over Pennsylvania Railroad, C...
Significance: The Christiana Borough Bridge is a rare survivor of the Whipple truss bridge structure with wrought iron Phoenix columns. Built in 1893-95 by the Pennsylvania Railroad during a period of railroad... More
Christiana Borough Bridge, Bridge Street over Pennsylvania Railroad, C...
Significance: The Christiana Borough Bridge is a rare survivor of the Whipple truss bridge structure with wrought iron Phoenix columns. Built in 1893-95 by the Pennsylvania Railroad during a period of railroad... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Pickering Creek Trestle, Spanning Pickering Cre...
Significance: The trestle is significant as a high trestle with both horizontal and vertical curvature. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N596 Survey number: HAER PA-521 Building/str... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Whitford Bridge, Spanning Amtrak tracks at Whit...
Significance: The bridge's main span, a pin-connected Parker through truss, is an exceptionally long example of its type. Its length surpasses the practical limit of 300', beyond which a subdivided Pennsylvania... More
North Pennsylvania Railroad, Landis Ridge Tunnel, Beneath Landis Ridge...
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Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA
See also HAER PA-259 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Considered among the world's richest mineral deposits, the Pittsburgh seam of coal underlying portions of Fayet... More
Juniata Shops, Erecting Shop & Machine Shop, East of Fourth Avenue, be...
Significance: The Erecting Shop and Machine Shop was the largest part of the last major expansion of the Altoona Works. Survey number: HAER PA-232-D Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction Buildi... More
Juniata Shops, Erecting Shop & Machine Shop, East of Fourth Avenue, be...
Significance: The Erecting Shop and Machine Shop was the largest part of the last major expansion of the Altoona Works. Survey number: HAER PA-232-D Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction Buildi... More
Glen Gardner Bridge, Spanning Spruce Run, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon Coun...
Significance: The Old Mill Bridge is one of three composite cast- and wrought-iron Pratt truss bridges in New Jersey, and one of the few still existing in the United States. First used in the mid-nineteenth ce... More
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 35, South of Tacony Street between Bri...
Significance: Established in 1816, the Frankford Arsenal served for three decades as a depot for the storage and repair of arms, accoutrements, and ammunition for the United States Army. From 1849 to 1976, the... More
Juniata Shops, Blacksmith Shop No. 2, East of Fourth Avenue, between F...
Significance: Presently used by Conrail for storage, Blacksmith Shop No. 2 retains much of its early to mid-nineteenth century equipment, including several gas-fired furnaces. Survey number: HAER PA-232-B Bui... More
Juniata Shops, Blacksmith Shop No. 2, East of Fourth Avenue, between F...
Significance: Presently used by Conrail for storage, Blacksmith Shop No. 2 retains much of its early to mid-nineteenth century equipment, including several gas-fired furnaces. Survey number: HAER PA-232-B Bui... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Harrisburg Station & Trainshed, Market & South ...
Significance: When this train station was constructed, Harrisburg was a major railroad center, located at the foot of the Allegheny Mountains. The train sheds are particularly significant. When constructed, t... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Harrisburg Station & Trainshed, Market & South ...
Significance: When this train station was constructed, Harrisburg was a major railroad center, located at the foot of the Allegheny Mountains. The train sheds are particularly significant. When constructed, t... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Harrisburg Station & Trainshed, Market & South ...
Significance: When this train station was constructed, Harrisburg was a major railroad center, located at the foot of the Allegheny Mountains. The train sheds are particularly significant. When constructed, t... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Harrisburg Station & Trainshed, Market & South ...
Significance: When this train station was constructed, Harrisburg was a major railroad center, located at the foot of the Allegheny Mountains. The train sheds are particularly significant. When constructed, t... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Harrisburg Station & Trainshed, Market & South ...
Significance: When this train station was constructed, Harrisburg was a major railroad center, located at the foot of the Allegheny Mountains. The train sheds are particularly significant. When constructed, t... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Harrisburg Station & Trainshed, Market & South ...
Significance: When this train station was constructed, Harrisburg was a major railroad center, located at the foot of the Allegheny Mountains. The train sheds are particularly significant. When constructed, t... More
Wiconisco Canal Aqueduct No. 3, Spanning Powell Creek at State Route 1...
Significance: Originally a component of the Pennsylvania Canal system, this aqueduct was the largest bridge on the state-initiated and privately completed Wiconisco Canal. Hewn from the foot of Peter's Mountain... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Calvert Station, Calvert & Frankin Streets, Bal...
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Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Pennsylvania Railroad Station Rotunda, Liberty, Grant & Eleventh Stree...
Significance: The Pennsylvania Railroad Station was commissioned from the office of D.H. Brunham in Chicago, one of the chief purveyors of the new monumental Classicism. Survey number: HABS PA-1175 Building/... More
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, 47 Walnut Street, Johnstown, Cambria Co...
Written data includes photocopies of floor plans. Significance: Johnstown historically was an important freight and passenger stop on the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The station's architectural gran... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Conemaugh River Viaduct, Spanning Conemaugh Riv...
Significance: This structure is the first large stone arch bridge among many that defined Chief Engineer William H. Brown's reputation as the Pennsylvania Railroad's "stone man." The site is also significant as... More
Monastery Road Bridge, Spanning Pennsylvania Railroad at Monastery Roa...
Significance: Monastery Road Bridge is a rare example of a pin-connected deck truss railroad bridge adapted for re-use as a roadway bridge. This site is of historical interest for its association with the Penn... More
Monastery Road Bridge, Spanning Pennsylvania Railroad at Monastery Roa...
Significance: Monastery Road Bridge is a rare example of a pin-connected deck truss railroad bridge adapted for re-use as a roadway bridge. This site is of historical interest for its association with the Penn... More
Monastery Road Bridge, Spanning Pennsylvania Railroad at Monastery Roa...
Significance: Monastery Road Bridge is a rare example of a pin-connected deck truss railroad bridge adapted for re-use as a roadway bridge. This site is of historical interest for its association with the Penn... More
Monastery Road Bridge, Spanning Pennsylvania Railroad at Monastery Roa...
Significance: Monastery Road Bridge is a rare example of a pin-connected deck truss railroad bridge adapted for re-use as a roadway bridge. This site is of historical interest for its association with the Penn... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Safe Harbor Bridge, Spanning mouth of Conestoga...
Significance: The bridge is unusual two-level structure built to carry two different Pennsylvania Railroad branches. The low-grade freight line on the upper level was chief engineer William H. Brown's last majo... More
Bald Eagle Cross-Cut Canal Lock, North of Water Street along West Bran...
Significance: Lock No. 35 is a historically significant remnant of the Pennsylvania state-built canal system. The lock is the sole surviving structure of the Bald Eagle Cross-Cut Canal, a lateral line construc... More
Bald Eagle Cross-Cut Canal Lock, North of Water Street along West Bran...
Significance: Lock No. 35 is a historically significant remnant of the Pennsylvania state-built canal system. The lock is the sole surviving structure of the Bald Eagle Cross-Cut Canal, a lateral line construc... More
Bell Avenue Bridge, Spanning Bell Avenue at Conrail Railroad, Pittsbur...
Significance: Constructed in 1880 to replace an earlier wooden structure, the bridge provided an overpass for Bell Avenue in the Borough of Carnegie, Pennsylvania. The twin sandstone arches represent a bridge t... More
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spa...
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. Un... More
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spa...
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. Un... More
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spa...
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. Un... More
Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, Darby River Bridge, Spa...
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. Un... More
New Hampton Bridge, Spanning Musconetcong River, New Hampton, Hunterdo...
Significance: The New Hampton Bridge is one of three composite cast- and wrought-iron pony Pratt truss bridges in New Jersey, and one of the few still existing in the United States. First used in the mid-19th ... More
Pennsylvania & New Jersey Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Spanning De...
Significance: Because of its location on the lower Delaware River, the bridge has a collection of extremely long and heavy spans. These include the world's heaviest center-bearing swing span, completed in 1896,... More
Pennsylvania & New Jersey Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Spanning De...
Significance: Because of its location on the lower Delaware River, the bridge has a collection of extremely long and heavy spans. These include the world's heaviest center-bearing swing span, completed in 1896,... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylk...
See also HAER PA-71 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: The West Philadelphia Elevated, part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's program to separate passenger and freight traffic, includes... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Canton Coal Pier, Clinton Street at Keith Avenu...
Significance: The P.R.R. Canton Coal Pier is significant, uniquely designed, and highly successful means of transporting coal from rail to barge. It is virtually unchanged and still in operation. Survey numbe... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Canton Coal Pier, Clinton Street at Keith Avenu...
Significance: The P.R.R. Canton Coal Pier is significant, uniquely designed, and highly successful means of transporting coal from rail to barge. It is virtually unchanged and still in operation. Survey numbe... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Canton Coal Pier, Clinton Street at Keith Avenu...
Significance: The P.R.R. Canton Coal Pier is significant, uniquely designed, and highly successful means of transporting coal from rail to barge. It is virtually unchanged and still in operation. Survey numbe... More
Altoona Car Shops, Fire Engine House No. 8, 201 Chestnut Avenue, Altoo...
Significance: Built in 1871, the Fire Engine House No. 8 displays architectural details which are consistent with the early construction period of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Works. Survey number: HAER... More
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City
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West St., [N.Y.C.] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows Pier 28, a Pennsylvania Railroad freight terminal (now demolished) at the foot of Laight Street at the Hudson River; in what was the wholesale produce district in Manhattan, New York City. Pho... More
New York, New York. Draftees on their way to a train to the induction ...
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New York, New York. Stairway from trains to the concourse at the Penns...
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New York, New York. Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad st...
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Sandusky, Ohio. Loading coal into a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania...
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Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Lunch hour in the women's locker at the yards ...
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Chicago, Illinois. Double header Pennsylvania railroad train pulling o...
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Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Bernice Stevens of Braddock, Pennsylvania...
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Cleveland, Ohio. On the right, empty cars waiting to be loaded at the ...
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