Details
Creator Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Title [Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Delaware River Bridge, Spanning Delaware River, West of Rotary Island, Yardley, Pennsylvania.] [graphic].
Date ca. 1925
Physical Description 1 negative : glass ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Description Aerial views of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad's Delaware River Bridge (also known as the Yardley Bridge and the West Trenton Railroad Bridge) spanning the Delaware River west of Rotary Island between Yardley, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and West Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. The bridge was designed by engineers Edwin Chamberlain and William Hunter and was built by F.W. Talbot Construction Company from 1911-1913. A steam locomotive travels over the bridge and surrounding farmlands are also visible.
Notes Negative numbers: 5529.
Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Mercer Co.
Subject Philadelphia and Reading Terminal Railroad Company
Railroad bridges -- Delaware River (N.Y. - Del. and N.J.)
Geographic subject Yardley (Pa.)
West Trenton (N.J.)
Genre Glass negatives -- 1920-1930.
Aerial photographs -- 1920-1930.
Associated name F. W. Talbot Construction Company, builder.
Associated name Chamberlain, Edwin, engineer.
Associated name Hunter, William, engineer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.5529]
Accession number P.8990.5529