Details
Creator Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer.
Title [Wissahickon Creek Viaduct, with dam, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1907
Date ca. 1907
Physical Description 1 negative: glass; 4 x 5 in.
Description Depicts the stone arches of the Philadelphia & Reading 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. Includes two billboards, one for Blasius Piano and the other for Campbell's Soup.
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 Creek Viaduct (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Glass plate negatives -- 1900-1910.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.26]
Accession number P.8986.26