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Creator Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer.
Title [Wissahickon Falls, near the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridge, at the junction of Wissahickon Creek and the Schuylkill River.] [graphic].
Date ca. 1900
Physical Description 1 slide: lantern; 8 x 11 cm.(3 x 4 in.)
Description Depicts the Wissahickon Falls, with the stone arches of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad bridge at the junction of Wissahickon Creek and the Schuylkill River. The bridge marks the entrance to Wissahickon Creek, Wissahickon Drive and Wissahickon Park. Includes a small wooden shed on the bank of the river.
Notes Title supplied by cataloguer.
Construction of the bridge (also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct or High Stone Bridge) was begun in 1874 by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Due to budgetary constraints, construction was halted and later completed from 1881-1882.
Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Subject Railroad bridges -- Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Stone bridges -- Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Waterfalls -- Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Geographic subject Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek Viaduct (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lantern slides -- 1890-1900.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.25]
Accession number P.9453.25