Details
Creator Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Title Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad terminus on the Delaware River, vicinity of Lehigh Avenue and Richmond Street, Port Richmond, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Date ca. 1925
Physical Description 1 negative : glass ; 21 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.)
2 negatives : glass ; 17 x 22 cm (6.5 x 8.5 in.)
Description Aerial views of the terminus of the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad at Port Richmond, Philadelphia. Railroad ends at the Delaware River, where an extensive network of railroad tracks, piers and industrial buildings are visible along the riverfront, many of which served the coal trade. Large ships are visible on the river and portions of the city to the north and west of the terminus can be seen in the distance.
Notes Negative numbers: 2841, 2842, 4862.
Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Subject Reading Company
Factories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Piers & wharves -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Rivers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Waterfronts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Vessels.
Geographic subject Delaware River (N.Y. - Del. and N.J.)
Port Richmond (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Richmond Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2700-2800 block -- North.
Lehigh Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 2800 block -- West.
Genre Glass negatives -- 1920-1930.
Aerial photographs -- 1920-1930.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.2841; P.8990.2842; P.8990.4862]
Accession number P.8990.2841
P.8990.2842
P.8990.4862