Details
Creator Newell, Robert, 1822-1897 photographer.
Contributor Wilson, John Allston, 1837-1896, engineer.
Kiralfy Bros., publisher.
Title New York R.R. Bridge [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: Kiralfy Bros
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1876
Date c1876
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount; 10 x 18 cm.(4 x 7 in.)
Description View from the west bank of the Schuylkill River (Fairmount Park) depicting the Victorian-style stone and wrought iron Connecting Railway Bridge or Schuylkill River Bridge utilized by the New York division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, the bridge served as the railroad's first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City. Gas-lighted lamps and an arch truss adorn the bridge.
Notes Title from manuscript note on mount.
Publisher's imprint stamped on verso.
Name of artist supplied by duplicate views photographed circa 1870. (P.9060.31a and P.9062.89a).
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Pennsylvania Railroad.
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill River.
Geographic subject Connecting Railway Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Associated name Wilson, John Allston, 1837-1896, engineer.
Printer Kiralfy Bros., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Bridges [P.9299.81]
Accession number P.9299.81