Details
Creator Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer.
Title [Wissahickon Drive, underneath of the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct, looking toward the 100 steps, Manayunk] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1907
Date ca. 1907
Physical Description 1 negative: glass; 4 x 5 in.
Description Depicts a stretch of Wissahickon Drive underneath of the stone arches of the Reading & Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, begun in 1874, but not completed until 1882 after budgetary restraints slowed construction. Also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct and the High Stone Bridge. The 100 steps are visible in the distance, along with the houses on Freeland Avenue perched at the top of the hill, overlooking Wissahickon Creek.
Notes Modern reference prints available.
Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Subject Railroad bridges -- Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Stone bridges -- Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wissahickon Drive (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Glass plate negatives -- 1900-1910.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.30]
Accession number P.8986.30