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Thirtieth Street Station, Load Dispatch Center, Thirtieth & Market Streets, Railroad Station, Amtrak (formerly Pennsylvania Railroad Station), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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 Streets, Railroad Station, Amtrak (formerly Pennsylvania Railroad Station), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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, Mount Union Bridge, Spanning Juniata River, north of Township Route 780 Bridge, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Mount Union Bridge, Spanning Juniata River, nor...

Significance: The bridge is significant as an example of the Pennsylvania Railroad's prolific stone arch bridge construction during the early 20th century. In addition, it elegantly breaks classical aesthetic r... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, 52nd Street Bridge, North Fifty-second Street at Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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 at Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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

Conrail Port Perry Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, Port Perry, Allegheny County, PA

Conrail Port Perry Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, Port Perry, All...

Part of the Monongahela River Recording Project, which included HAER PA-385, Monongahela Navation Company Lock and Dam No. 7; HAER PA-299, Monongahela Lock and Dam No. 7; and HAER PA-304, Lower Monongahela Rive... More

Conrail Port Perry Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, Port Perry, Allegheny County, PA

Conrail Port Perry Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, Port Perry, All...

Part of the Monongahela River Recording Project, which included HAER PA-385, Monongahela Navation Company Lock and Dam No. 7; HAER PA-299, Monongahela Lock and Dam No. 7; and HAER PA-304, Lower Monongahela Rive... More

Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Brick Arch Viaduct, Liberty Street to Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Brick Arch Viaduct, Liberty Street...

Survey number: HAER DE-12-C Building/structure dates: 1902-1908 Initial Construction

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

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, West Tunnel Viaduct, Spanning Conemaugh River, 25 miles South of Conemaugh Dam, Tunnelton, Indiana County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, West Tunnel Viaduct, Spanning Conemaugh River, ...

Significance: Part of the extensive Pennsylvania Railroad system, the West Tunnel Viaduct carried the main line of the PRR until tracks were relocated in the early 1950s as a result of the Conemaugh River Dam p... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, South Branch Chicago River Bridge, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River Bridge east of Canal Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Pennsylvania Railroad, South Branch Chicago River Bridge, Spanning Sou...

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Pennsylvania Railroad, South Branch Chicago River Bridge, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River Bridge east of Canal Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Pennsylvania Railroad, South Branch Chicago River Bridge, Spanning Sou...

Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Connecting Railway, Schuylkill River Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, north of Girard Avenue Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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

Greensburg Railroad Station, Harrison Avenue, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA

Greensburg Railroad Station, Harrison Avenue, Greensburg, Westmoreland...

Significance: A principal stop on the mainline of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Greensburg Station is now listed on the National Register. Survey number: HAER PA-249 Building/structure dates: 1910- 1911 I... More

Christiana Borough Bridge, Bridge Street over Pennsylvania Railroad, Christiana, Lancaster County, PA

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, Christiana, Lancaster County, PA

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, Christiana, Lancaster County, PA

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, Christiana, Lancaster County, PA

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, Christiana, Lancaster County, PA

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, Brandywine Valley Viaduct, Spanning Brandywine Creek & U.S. Route 322, Downingtown, Chester County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Brandywine Valley Viaduct, Spanning Brandywine ...

Significance: It is notable for its height, length, and complex geometry, which includes both horizontal and vertical curvature. It is also significant in association with the Pennsylvania Railroad's Philadelph... More

Stone Creek Bridge II, South of Penn Street between First & Second Streets, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA

Stone Creek Bridge II, South of Penn Street between First & Second Str...

Significance: This bridge was constructed when the tracks through Huntingdon were moved from Allegheny Street to the bed of the defunct Pennsylvania Canal, replacing an older stone bridge upstream (Stone Creek ... More

Stone Creek Bridge II, South of Penn Street between First & Second Streets, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA

Stone Creek Bridge II, South of Penn Street between First & Second Str...

Significance: This bridge was constructed when the tracks through Huntingdon were moved from Allegheny Street to the bed of the defunct Pennsylvania Canal, replacing an older stone bridge upstream (Stone Creek ... More

North Pennsylvania Railroad, Landis Ridge Tunnel, Beneath Landis Ridge & State Route 563, Perkasie, Bucks County, PA

North Pennsylvania Railroad, Landis Ridge Tunnel, Beneath Landis Ridge...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pennsylvania Railroad, East Tunnel Viaduct, Spanning Conemaugh River, South of Conemaugh Dam, Blairsville, Indiana County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, East Tunnel Viaduct, Spanning Conemaugh River, ...

Significance: The East Tunnel Viaduct was constructed as part of a major rebuilding project undertaken in the 1880s by the Pennsylvania Railroad, in which many of the former iron or wooden bridges on the line w... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, French Creek Trestle, Spanning French Creek, north of Paradise Street, Phoenixville, Chester County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, French Creek Trestle, Spanning French Creek, no...

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 ma... More

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, Beaver River Bridge, Spanning Beaver River along line of Second Avenue, New Brighton, Beaver County, PA

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, Beaver River Bridge, Spannin...

Significance: The bridge includes several unusually shallow and heavy skewed Warren deck trusses. The interesting and well-documented history of this crossing includes a rare instance of highway and railroad br... More

Juniata Shops, Erecting Shop & Machine Shop, East of Fourth Avenue, between Fourth & Fifth Streets, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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, between Fourth & Fifth Streets, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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, between Fourth & Fifth Streets, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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

Pennsylvania Railroad, Selinsgrove Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, south of Cherry Island, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Selinsgrove Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River,...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Glen Gardner Bridge, Spanning Spruce Run, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ

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

Glen Gardner Bridge, Spanning Spruce Run, Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ

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

Pittsburgh & Steubenville Extension Railroad Tunnel, Between Fifth & Sixth Streets, East of Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pittsburgh & Steubenville Extension Railroad Tunnel, Between Fifth & S...

Significance: The Pittsburgh and Steubenville Extension Railroad Tunnel was a section of the Pittsburgh rail link between the Pennsylvania Railroad's western terminus and the eastern terminus of the Steubenvill... More

Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Repair Shop, Vandever & Bowers Streets, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Repair Shop, Vandever & Bowers Str...

Survey number: HAER DE-12-A Building/structure dates: 1902-1906 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1931 Subsequent Work

Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Repair Shop, Vandever & Bowers Streets, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Repair Shop, Vandever & Bowers Str...

Survey number: HAER DE-12-A Building/structure dates: 1902-1906 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1931 Subsequent Work

Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Repair Shop, Vandever & Bowers Streets, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Repair Shop, Vandever & Bowers Str...

Survey number: HAER DE-12-A Building/structure dates: 1902-1906 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1931 Subsequent Work

Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Repair Shop, Vandever & Bowers Streets, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Repair Shop, Vandever & Bowers Str...

Survey number: HAER DE-12-A Building/structure dates: 1902-1906 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1931 Subsequent Work

Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad, Wills Creek Bridge, Spanning Wills Creek 587 feet West of Eckhart Junction, Cumberland, Allegany County, MD

Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad, Wills Creek Bridge, Spanning Wills...

Significance: The Wills Creek Bridge is located in the Cumberland and Pennsylvania subdivision of the Western Maryland Railway Company. It is a brick arch viaduct of four spans, each 45 feet in length. The ab... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 35, South of Tacony Street between Bridge Street & tracks of former Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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

Pennsylvania Railroad, Harrisburg Station & Trainshed, Market & South Fourth Streets, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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 Fourth Streets, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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 Fourth Streets, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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 Fourth Streets, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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 Fourth Streets, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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 Fourth Streets, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA

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

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

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 Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

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 Rotunda, Liberty, Grant & Eleventh Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

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

Ohio Connecting Railway, Brunot's Island Bridge, Spanning Ohio River at Brunot's Island, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Ohio Connecting Railway, Brunot's Island Bridge, Spanning Ohio River a...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its complexity, carrying rail traffic in four directions across the Ohio River on a system of high viaduct spans and through trusses. Innovative methods were used to ... More

Monastery Road Bridge, Spanning Pennsylvania Railroad at Monastery Road, Lloydsville, Westmoreland County, PA

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 Road, Lloydsville, Westmoreland County, PA

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 River, Safe Harbor, Lancaster County, PA

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

Pennsylvania Railroad, West Brownsville Junction Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, north of U.S. Route 40 Bridge, West Brownsville, Washington County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, West Brownsville Junction Bridge, Spanning Mono...

Significance: This bridge's 401'-long Petit through truss is typical of long spans required on Monongahela River navigation. Its approaches feature an early installation of a reinforced concrete slab floor. Un... More

Bald Eagle Cross-Cut Canal Lock, North of Water Street along West Branch of Susquehanna River South bank, 500 feet East of Jay Street Bridge, Lock Haven, Clinton County, PA

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

Juniata Shops, Erecting Shop, East of Fourth Avenue at Third Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Juniata Shops, Erecting Shop, East of Fourth Avenue at Third Street, A...

Significance: The Erecting Shop was one of the four original shop buildings constructed at Juniata. Survey number: HAER PA-232-C Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More

Connecting Railway, Reading Railroad Overpass, Amtrak Northeast Corridor, just north of Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Connecting Railway, Reading Railroad Overpass, Amtrak Northeast Corrid...

Significance: This overpass, one of the early grad-separation structures on Philadelphia's Connecting Railway retains its original brick arches, which are rarely found on U.S. railroads. The bridge is located i... More

Monongahela Railway Company Shops, Water Street & Seventeenth Street, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Monongahela Railway Company Shops, Water Street & Seventeenth Street, ...

Significance: The Monongahela Railway Company Shops reflect the support needs of a railroad significant in the coal, coke, and steel industries of Southwest Pennsylvania in the twentieth century, particularly i... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylkill River, north of Arsenal Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylkill River, north of Arsenal Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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 Avenue (Canton area), Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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 Avenue (Canton area), Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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 Avenue (Canton area), Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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 Avenue (Canton area), Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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 Avenue (Canton area), Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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 Avenue (Canton area), Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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 Avenue (Canton area), Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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

Damaged Track, Railroad Riots - Pennsylvania Railroad

Damaged Track, Railroad Riots - Pennsylvania Railroad

Stereo by A.V. Albee. Gelatin silver copy photograph of a half stereograph. Iconography of Pittsburgh Coll. - #382. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: RR Locomot... More

Two track levels of P.R.R. on the horseshoe curve, train rounding curve in distance 1 mile away, 100 ft. higher, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Two track levels of P.R.R. on the horseshoe curve, train rounding curv...

H98986 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 13253. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Pennsylvania Railroad depot in Decatur, Indiana

The Pennsylvania Railroad depot in Decatur, Indiana

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pennsylvania R.R. ore docks, unloading ore from a lake freighter by means of "Hulett" unloaders, Cleveland, Ohio

Pennsylvania R.R. ore docks, unloading ore from a lake freighter by me...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pennsylvania R.R. ore docks, unloading ore from a lake freighter by "Hulett" unloaders, Cleveland, Ohio

Pennsylvania R.R. ore docks, unloading ore from a lake freighter by "H...

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

Cleveland, Ohio. On the right, empty cars on their way to the Pennsylvania Railroad iron ore dock; on the left, loaded cars ready to be sent to the steel mills

Cleveland, Ohio. On the right, empty cars on their way to the Pennsylv...

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Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading a lake freighter by means of Hewlett [i.e., Hulett] unloaders at the Pennsylvania Railroad iron ore docks

Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading a lake freighter by means of Hewlett [i.e.,...

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Sandusky, Ohio. Loading coal into a lake freighter at one of the Pennsylvania Railroad coal docks

Sandusky, Ohio. Loading coal into a lake freighter at one of the Penns...

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Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading iron ore from a lake freighter by means of Hewlett [i.e., Hulett] unloaders at the Pennsylvania Railroad docks

Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading iron ore from a lake freighter by means of ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading a lake freighter by means of Hewlett [i.e., Hulett] unloaders at the Pennsylvania Railroad iron ore docks

Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading a lake freighter by means of Hewlett [i.e.,...

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Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Mary Ankrom, twenty-eight, mother of six children, employed at the Pennsylvania Railroad engine house as a locomotive preparer, earning fifty-eight cents per hour. Her father takes care of her children while she is working

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Mary Ankrom, twenty-eight, mother of six ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Bernice Stevens of Braddock, Pennsylvania, mother of one child, employed in the engine house of the Pennsylvania Railroad, earns fifty-eight cents per hour. She is cleaning a locomotive with a high pressure nozzle. Mrs. Stevens' husband is in the U.S. Army

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Bernice Stevens of Braddock, Pennsylvania...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aberdeen Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Aberdeen, Maryland. Tie-up of northbound and southbound underpass shelters

Aberdeen Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Aberdeen, Maryland. Tie-up of...

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Aberdeen Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Aberdeen, Maryland. Northbound station, from southbound shelter

Aberdeen Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Aberdeen, Maryland. Northboun...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aberdeen Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Aberdeen, Maryland. Southbound station, chimney detail

Aberdeen Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Aberdeen, Maryland. Southboun...

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Juniata Shops, Flue Shed, East of Fourth Avenue, North of First Street, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Juniata Shops, Flue Shed, East of Fourth Avenue, North of First Street...

Significance: The Flue Shed, an installation facility, contributed to the operations of the Boiler Shop. Survey number: HAER PA-232-E Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction

West Penn Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad, spanning Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

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

Pennsylvania Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Spanning Delaware River, South of U.S. Route 1, Morrisville, Bucks County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Spanning Delaware River,...

Significance: The crossing is a critical link in the railroad route from Philadelphia to New York, and has hosted a series of bridges dating back to 1806. The current bridge is one of the Pennsylvania Railroad'... More

Magee Mine, Hoist House, Northern border of Sewickley Creek & Pennsylvania Railroad, Yukon, Westmoreland County, PA

Magee Mine, Hoist House, Northern border of Sewickley Creek & Pennsylv...

Survey number: HAER PA-294-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1908 Initial Construction

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