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[Connecting Railway Bridge over the Schuylkill River near Girard Avenue, showing the installation of the Pratt truss, October 1897.] [graphic].
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Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer.
Contributor
Wilson, John Allston, 1837-1896, engineer.
Title
[Connecting Railway Bridge over the Schuylkill River near Girard Avenue, showing the installation of the Pratt truss, October 1897.] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1897
Date
ca. 1897
Physical Description
1 slide: lantern; 8 x 11 cm.(3 x 4 in.)
Description
Depicts a locomotive crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River near Girard Avenue. Wooden scaffolding supporting a new Pratt truss flanks both sides of the bridge over the main channel of the river. The Pratt truss, which could hold heavier train loads, replaced the old Whipple truss in October of 1897.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloguer.
The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, completed in 1867 after the designs of P.R.R. Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, served as the first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City.
Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Subject
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Railroad bridges -- Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Stone bridges -- Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Geographic subject
Trusses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Connecting Railway Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Lantern slides -- 1890-1900.
Associated name
Wilson, John Allston, 1837-1896, engineer.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.27]
Accession number
P.9453.27
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William Harvey Doering Lantern Slide Collection
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