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Progress of Steel Construction, Perspective of Kensington Ave. & Lehigh Ave., looking south, October 23, 1916.
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Title
Progress of Steel Construction, Perspective of Kensington Ave. & Lehigh Ave., looking south, October 23, 1916.
Date
October 23, 1916
Description
View from the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company tracks running parallel to Lehigh Avenue, showing the construction of a steel bent on the 2600 block of Kensington Avenue. A crane rises high above the street. Image includes partial views of St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church, the five-story brick building of a carpet manufactury, and a row of residences, all on Lehigh Avenue. Spectators stand in the street and on the sidewalks.
Notes
Negative number: 3307
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.5759.jpg
Accession number
P.9260.238
Image file
El-P-9260-238
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