Susquehanna Bridge Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer. Philadelphia: Frederick Gutekunst [ca. 1875] 1 photographic print, albumen on stereograph mount, 11 x 18 cm. (4.25 x 7 in.) Photographer's imprint printed on mount. Photographer's blindstamp on mount. View of the railroad bridge spanning the Susquehanna River, connecting Columbia with Wrightsville on the York division. Gutekunst, a prominent Philadelphia photographer, published a series of Pennsylvania Railroad view stereographs in 1875. The Pennsylvania Railroad sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh through the Allegheny mountains in order to compete with the Erie Canal for freight traffic. In 1854, rail passage through the Alleghenies via the "Horse Shoe Curve" was achieved and spurred the establishment and growth of several towns depicted along the route including Altoona, Bedford, Bennington, Connemaugh, Greensburg, Hollidaysburg, and Walls. Pennsylvania Railroad. Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Susquehanna River. stereo - Gutekunst - Views [P.9058.133] P.9058.133 Gutekunst Pennsylvania Railroad Stereograph Collection Stereographs 1870-1880 Landscape photographs 1870-1880 TMP.objres.5338.jpg