Details
Creator Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Title [Girard Avenue Bridge and Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River, Philadelphia.] [graphic].
Date ca. 1921
Physical Description 1 negative : glass ; 10.5 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.)
Description Aerial view of the Girard Avenue Bridge and Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge (also known as the Mantua Junction Viaduct) spanning the Schuylkill River at Girard Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. View looks east from the west side of the river at around 34th Street. Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge was designed by engineers John A. Wilson and Alexander C. Shand. A trolley can be seen going over the Girard Avenue Bridge and a train runs over the railroad bridge. Portions of Fairmount Park and industrial buildings are visible in the distance.
Notes Negative numbers: 1159.
Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Girard Ave. Bridge.
Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Subject Bridges -- Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Rivers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject United States Highway 13 -- 3300-3400 -- West.
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Genre Glass negatives -- 1920-1930.
Aerial photographs -- 1920-1930.
Associated name Wilson, John Allston, 1837-1896, engineer.
Associated name Shand, Alexander C., 1858-1930, engineer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.1159]
Accession number P.8990.1159