Album containing photographs of railroad bridges and stations along the B&O Railroad's Philadelphia Division taken on a trip made by a small group of B&O Railroad employees who surveyed the line, March 1891.

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View of the Schuylkill River and Vicinity from Office Window, Phila.
View looking north from the B&O Railroad terminal at 24th and Chestnut streets at the Schuylkill River and nearby industries on the waterfront. Includes part of the Philadelphia Gas Works and two bridges in the distance., Part of an album containing photographs of railroad bridges and stations along the B&O Railroad's Philadelphia Division taken on a trip made by a small group of B&O Railroad employees, under the supervision of Division Engineer Maintenance-of-Way William A. Pratt, who surveyed the line in March 1891., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 65., Arcadia caption text: Looking north from an upper-story window of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station located at Chestnut and Twenty-fourth streets, this 1891 photograph shows the city's industrial waterfront along the Schuylkill River including parts of the Philadelphia Gas Works and a freight depot. Horse-drawn vehicles and a train travel across the numerous bridges spanning the river in the background., LCP AR [Annual Report] 2001, pg. 58-9.
W. and N. Junction
Depicts a two-and-a-half story tower or station at the junction of the Baltimore & Ohio (B & O) tracks and the Wilmington & Northern tracks in Wilmington. Several B & O cars are visible in the yard.
West Branch Naaman's Creek
Depicts a large, single stone culvert under the railroad tracks.
West Branch, Persimmon Run
Depicts a deck plate girder bridge spanning Persimmon Run.
Wharton Street Bridge
View looking north at the deck plate girder bridge carrying Wharton Street over the Baltimore & Ohio tracks, just east of the Schuylkill River. Includes a distant view of the west approach of the tunnel under the intersection of Grays Ferry Avenue and South 34th Street.
Whitaker Station
For similar station designs see Van Bibber Station (P.9945.18); Havre de Grace Station (P.9945.31); and Singerly Station (P.9945.50).
White Clay Creek
Depicts a through truss bridge spanning White Clay Creek.
White Marsh Run
Depicts a deck plate girder bridge spanning White Marsh Run just outside of Baltimore. Four men stand near the railroad tracks and bridge.
Winter's Run Bridge
Depicts a through truss bridge spanning Winter's Run in Maryland. Three men stand on the bridge, looking toward the photographer.
Woodland Ave.
View looking east at the pony plate girder bridge carrying Woodland Avenue over the railroad tracks near Sixtieth Street Station.

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