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[Old Columbia Bridge over the Schuylkill River] [graphic] / M'Clees' stereoscopic photographs.
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Creator
M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.).
Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Trautwine, John C. 1810-1883, engineer.
Title
[Old Columbia Bridge over the Schuylkill River] [graphic] / M'Clees' stereoscopic photographs.
Publisher
[Philadelphia: James E. M'Clees]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date
[1859]
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 7 in.)
Description
View showing the Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, completed in 1834. Built after the designs of John C. Trautwine for the Reading Railroad Company, the bridge spanned over the Schuylkill River below Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park.
Is part of
Views in and about Philadelphia, 1859
Notes
Title and publication information from similar stereoview by McClees.
Light grey mount with square corners.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Image faded.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Reading Company.
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River.
Geographic subject
Columbia Railroad Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860.
Stereographs -- 1850-1860.
Associated name
Trautwine, John C. (John Cresson), 1810-1883, engineer.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - McClees - Bridges [(3)1322.F.123a]
Accession number
(3)1322.F.123a
In Collections
James McClees Philadelphia Photograph Collection
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