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Metropolitan Edison Power Plant, West Reading, Pennsylvania. [graphic].
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Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Title
Metropolitan Edison Power Plant, West Reading, Pennsylvania. [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1928
Date
1928
Physical Description
1 photograph : glass plate negative; 21 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Description
Aerial view of the Metropolitan Edison electric power plant along the Schuylkill River in West Reading, Cumru Township, Pennsylania. View is southwest to northeast with the city of Reading, Pennsylvania visible in the background. A number of other factories, smokestacks, railroad tracks and a bridge are also visible. Image probably taken November 1928.
Notes
Negative number: 9110.
Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Subject
Metropolitan Edison Company
Bridges -- Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Electric power-plants -- Pennsylvania -- West Reading.
Industrial chimneys -- Pennsylvania -- West Reading.
Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- West Reading.
Geographic subject
Cumru (Pa. : Township)
Reading (Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
West Reading (Pa.)
Genre
Glass negatives -- 1920-1930.
Aerial photographs -- 1920-1930.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.9110]
Accession number
P.8990.9110
In Collections
Aero Service Corporation Photographic Negative Collection
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