Details
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