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Progress of steel construction - arch over Lehigh Ave. and Kensington Ave. Richmond Branch P & R Ry., bent 273, August 28, 1916.
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Title
Progress of steel construction - arch over Lehigh Ave. and Kensington Ave. Richmond Branch P & R Ry., bent 273, August 28, 1916.
Date
August 28, 1916
Notes
Negative number: 2993
View looking north at the construction of an elevated railway bridge over the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad tracks that span Kensington Avenue near Lehigh Avenue. Shows crowds of men standing on both sidewalks around the construction site at steel bent 273. Includes a partial view of Strathmann's Coal at the northeast corner of Kensington and Lehigh Avenues.
Genre
Progress photographs 1910-1920
Gelatin silver prints 1910-1920
Subject
Frankford Elevated Railway.
Philadelphia (Pa.). Dept. of City Transit.
Railroads, Elevated -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Coverage
Frankford (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Kensington Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2600 block.
Is part of
Frankford Elevated Railway construction photographs
Frankford Elevated Railway construction photographs
Has format
TMP.objres.5738.jpg
Accession number
P.9260.217
Image file
El-P-9260-217
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