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Callowhill Street Bridge [graphic] / James Cremer, photographer and publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
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Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893.
Contributor
Linville, Jacob Hays, 1825-1906, engineer.
Keystone Bridge Company.
Title
Callowhill Street Bridge [graphic] / James Cremer, photographer and publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
Publisher
Philadelphia: James Cremer
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1875
Date
[ca. 1875]
Physical Description
1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 10 x 18 cm.(4 x 7 in.)
Description
View showing the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, also known as Spring Garden Street Bridge, built over the Schuylkill River from 1874-1875 by the Keystone Bridge Company after the designs of engineer Jacob H. Linville. Demolished in 1964. Bridge adorned with ornate ironwork, including lampposts and fencing.
Is part of
Philadelphia and vicinity
Notes
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Yellow mount with rounded corners.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Pennsylvania Railroad. Philadelphia Division.
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River.
Geographic subject
Callowhill Street Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Associated name
Linville, Jacob Hays, 1825-1906, engineer.
Associated name
Keystone Bridge Company.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Cremer - Bridges [P.9466.20]
Accession number
P.9466.20
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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