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Creator Cremer, James, 1821-1893.
Title The Wissahickon at the mouth. [graphic] / James Cremer, publisher and photographer, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
Publisher Philadelphia: James Cremer
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1875
Date [ca. 1875]
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount, hand-colored; 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description View showing the Norristown Railroad Bridge and the Ridge Avenue Bridge over the mouth of the Wissahickon Creek. The new permanent Norristown Railroad Bridge (also known as the Wissahickon Creek Viaduct or High Stone Bridge) was under the early stages of construction in 1874 by its new owners, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, when due to budgetary constraints, the construction was halted and later completed 1881-1882. Also shows a man rowing a boat on the creek.
Is part of Scenery in Fairmount Park. 139
Notes Photographer's imprint printed on verso.
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Yellow mount with square corners.
Manuscript note on verso: Muschaux No. 22.
Gift of Saul Koltnow.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Wissahickon Creek.
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Wissahickon Creek.
Geographic subject Norristown Railroad Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek Viaduct (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Ridge Avenue Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Wissahickon Creek (Pa.)
Genre Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Cremer - Bridges [P.9022.29]
Accession number P.9022.29