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No. 2 to 3 Market St. Bridge, Oct. 1879. [graphic] / B.R. Evans.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A65293
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Creator
Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist.
Contributor
Dreer, Ferdinand J. 1812-1902, former owner.
Title
No. 2 to 3 Market St. Bridge, Oct. 1879. [graphic] / B.R. Evans.
Publisher
Philadelphia
Date
October 1879
Physical Description
1 drawing : watercolor ; 25 x 32 cm. (10 x 12.5 in.)
Description
Depicts the Pennsylvania Railroad Market Street Bridge over the Schuylkill River from the water level looking up at the girders of the red metal bridge and the stone piers to the opposite bank where a coal yard is located. When the Market Street permanent bridge was destroyed by a fire in 1875 the Pennsylvania Railroad built a temporary bridge in nine days. Also includes Sherman & Co., marble (Market Street wharf), a coal yard and a coal barge on the river.
Notes
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.
LCP AR (Annual Report) 1975, p. 6-11.
Subject
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre
Watercolors -- 1870-1880.
Provenance
Dreer, Ferdinand J. (Ferdinand Julius), 1812-1902, former owner.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Evans watercolors [P.2298.74]
Accession number
P.2298.74
In Collections
Benjamin Evans Watercolor Collection
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