Aberdeen Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Aberdeen, Maryland. Northboun...
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Aberdeen Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Aberdeen, Maryland. Northboun...
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Aberdeen Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Aberdeen, Maryland. Northboun...
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Pennsylvania Railroad, Jeffersonian, Sunnyside, Long Island City. Obse...
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Pennsylvania Railroad, Jeffersonian, Sunnyside, Long Island City. Obse...
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Pennsylvania Railroad, Jeffersonian, Sunnyside, Long Island City. Nurs...
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Juniata Shops, Paint Stores, East of Fourth Avenue, South of First Str...
Significance: Appearing little changed from its original appearance, the Paint Stores provided essential storage facilities for the adjacent paint shop (now demolished). Survey number: HAER PA-232-H Building/... 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
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
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 & Pennsylv...
Survey number: HAER PA-294-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1908 Initial Construction
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
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, 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
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, 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
Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 65, 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 Company District Office Building, 200 East Balti...
Significance: Built to house administrative offices of the Baltimore headquarters of the Philadelphia-based Pennsylvania Railroad Company following the Great Fire of 1904, this structure was an early commission... More
Monongahela Railroad, New Geneva Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, S...
Significance: The bridge at New Geneva is significant for its long Petit through through truss, and more importantly, for its erection by end manufacturing. At the time of its construction, it was the longest a... More
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Point Street, Saltsburg, Indiana County...
Significance: This building, constructed between 1856 and 1864, served as the first railway depot in Saltsburg. Erected by local stone mason John Martin and S. S. Jamison for the Northwestern Pennsylvania Railr... More
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
Cambria Iron Company, East side of Conemaugh River, Johnstown, Cambria...
Significance: The Cambria Ironworks is a part of a National Historic Landmark district recognized for its association with such renowned figures as John Fritz, Captain Bill Jones, Daniel J. Morrell, and William... More
Cambria Iron Company, East side of Conemaugh River, Johnstown, Cambria...
Significance: The Cambria Ironworks is a part of a National Historic Landmark district recognized for its association with such renowned figures as John Fritz, Captain Bill Jones, Daniel J. Morrell, and William... More
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
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, 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
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
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, Bridge No. 1, Spanning ...
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: ... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Hunter Interlocking Tower, East end of Bigelow ...
Significance: Hunter Interlocking Tower is a classic example of the architecturally unadorned and utilitarian twentieth century interlocking tower, significant as an increasingly endangered historic property ty... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Rockville Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River, N...
Significance: The stone arch bridge at Rockville's remains the world's longest of its type. It best represents the Pennsylvania's Railroad's monumental capitol investment and desire for "permanent" structures a... More
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
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, 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
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
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
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, 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
Juniata Shops, Blacksmith Shop No. 1, East of Fourth Avenue at Second ...
Significance: The Blacksmith Shop No. 1 was one of the four original Juniata Shop buildings constructed between 1888 and 1890. Survey number: HAER PA-232-A Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction ... More
Juniata Shops, Power Plant & Boiler House, East of Fourth Avenue at Se...
Significance: The Power Plant and Boiler House was one of the four original buildings constructed at Juniata in 1888-90. Survey number: HAER PA-232-I Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction Build... More
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
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
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 Railroad, Bow Ridge Tunnel, Through Bow Ridge, 0.3 mile S...
Significance: Part of the extensive Pennsylvania Railroad system, the Bow Ridge Tunnel was constructed when the railroad realigned its rail tracks in this vicinity. Survey number: HAER PA-269 Building/structu... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Bow Ridge Tunnel, Through Bow Ridge, 0.3 mile S...
Significance: Part of the extensive Pennsylvania Railroad system, the Bow Ridge Tunnel was constructed when the railroad realigned its rail tracks in this vicinity. Survey number: HAER PA-269 Building/structu... 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, 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 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
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 advertising material: "Pennsylvania Air Line, b...
View down track toward tunnel under street. Sepia photo copyrighted by W.P. Mange & Co., Phila. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads Stations Pa.; Railro... More
Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway /
"The scene of the overhead crossing of the Pennsylvania and Jersey Central railroads at Elizabeth, N.J. While a Pennsylvania train is passing over the arch, the Philadelphia Express on the Central Railroad come... More
P.R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] terminal, Oct. '08 [New York]
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Perfect Harmony Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Perfect harmony prevailed to...
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New York, New York. Draftees on their way to the induction center at t...
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Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading iron ore from a lake freighter by means of ...
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Chicago, Illinois. One of the Pennsylvania Railroad's giant 6100 class...
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Cleveland, Ohio. Unloading a lake freighter by means of Hewlett [i.e.,...
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Aberdeen Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Aberdeen, Maryland. Northboun...
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Aberdeen Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Aberdeen, Maryland. Southboun...
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Aberdeen Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Aberdeen, Maryland. Northboun...
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Pennsylvania Railroad, Jeffersonian, Sunnyside, Long Island City. Wome...
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Haupt Truss Bridge, 1300 Ninth Avenue, Railroaders' Memorial Museum, A...
See also HAER PA-422 for another example of a surviving Haupt iron truss. Significance: Designed by Herman Haupt, the Haupt iron truss was a rare combination of Pratt truss and tied arch, constructed and used e... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Allegheny River Bridge, River Street vicinity, ...
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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, Powerhouse, Northern border of Sewickley Creek & Pennsylva...
Survey number: HAER PA-294-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1908 Initial Construction
New York, New York. Waiting for the trains at the Pennsylvania railroa...
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Magee Mine, Hoist House, Northern border of Sewickley Creek & Pennsylv...
Survey number: HAER PA-294-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1908 Initial Construction
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, 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
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
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
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