Details
Creator Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920.
Contributor Brown, William H. 1836-1910, engineer.
Evans, Shipley W., builder.
Sparks, Alexander G., builder.
Title P.R.R. Bridge. Hunting for bodies. [graphic] / William H. Rau, photographer, 1324 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Publisher Philadelphia : [William H. Rau]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1889
Date [ca. 1889]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description View depicts men standing on the Pennsylvania Railroad's "stone bridge" spanning the Conemaugh River in Johnstown and looking down at a group of men searching through debris after the devastation of the flood on May 31, 1889. Bridge, also known as the Conemaugh Viaduct, was built by Alexander G. Sparks and Shipley W. Evans after designs by P.R.R. engineer William H. Brown the year before the flood in 1888.
Is part of Unidentified series 6286
Notes Title on negative.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Buff curved mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Pennsylvania Railroad.
Johnstown Flood, 1889.
Disasters -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown.
Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown -- 1889.
Flood damage -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown.
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1880-1890.
Stereographs -- 1880-1890.
Associated name Brown, William H. (William Henry), 1836-1910, engineer.
Associated name Evans, Shipley W., builder.
Associated name Sparks, Alexander G., builder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Rau - Disasters [P.2008.4]
Accession number P.2008.4