View looking north at the deck plate girder bridge carrying Wharton Street over the Baltimore & Ohio tracks, just east of the Schuylkill River. Includes a distant view of the west approach of the tunnel under the intersection of Grays Ferry Avenue and South 34th Street.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.121]
Depicts a two-and-a-half story tower or station at the junction of the Baltimore & Ohio (B & O) tracks and the Wilmington & Northern tracks in Wilmington. Several B & O cars are visible in the yard.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.67]
View looking north from the B&O Railroad terminal at 24th and Chestnut streets at the Schuylkill River and nearby industries on the waterfront. Includes part of the Philadelphia Gas Works and two bridges in the distance., Part of an album containing photographs of railroad bridges and stations along the B&O Railroad's Philadelphia Division taken on a trip made by a small group of B&O Railroad employees, under the supervision of Division Engineer Maintenance-of-Way William A. Pratt, who surveyed the line in March 1891., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 65., Arcadia caption text: Looking north from an upper-story window of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station located at Chestnut and Twenty-fourth streets, this 1891 photograph shows the city's industrial waterfront along the Schuylkill River including parts of the Philadelphia Gas Works and a freight depot. Horse-drawn vehicles and a train travel across the numerous bridges spanning the river in the background., LCP AR [Annual Report] 2001, pg. 58-9.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.124]
Depicts a brick, heavily shingled railroad station. Several men and a child stand on the platform outside of the station building. For views of similar designs see Havre de Grace Station (P.9945.31); Whitaker Station (P.9945.37) and Singerly Station (P.9945.50).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.18]
Depicts a small, one room station. For views of similar station designs, see Harford Station (P.9945.21); Aiken Station (P.9945.35); and Baldwin Station (P.9945.51).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.89]
For views of similar designs, see Stepney Station (P.9945.26); Carpenter Station (P.9945.81); Holmes Station (P.9945.104); and Llanwellyn Station (P.9945.104).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.86]
Depicts the timber Howe truss bridge spanning the Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Perryville, Maryland. The bridge was 6,000 feet in length and was comprised of twelve 250 foot spans with a through truss at the center, and rose 94 feet above mean low tide. This bridge was replaced in 1908.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.33]
View of a two-story railroad station. Four women, a man, and a child stand on the platform near the railroad tracks. For views of similar station designs see Carpenter Station (P.9945.81); Twin Oaks Station (P.9945.86); Holmes Station (P.9945.104); and Llanwellyn Station (P.9945.104).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.26]
Depicts a small, Queen Anne-style station elevated above the tracks at 60th Street. For views of similar station designs, see Ridley Station (P.9945.99); Collingdale Station (P.9945.106); and Boone Station (P.9945.108).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.116]
Depicts a brick, shingled Queen Anne style station. For views of similar stations, see Van Bibber Station (P.9945.18); Havre de Grace Station (P.9945.31); and Whitaker Station (P.9945.37).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.50]
Depicts a deck plate girder bridge spanning Shipley Road in Bellefonte, Delaware, just outside of Wilmington. Six men stand on the tracks near the bridge.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.76]
Depicts a through truss bridge spanning a dirt road. Wide wooden stairs lead from the tracks to the road, which is most likely South 70th Street, not far from Cobbs Creek Parkway.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.113]
View of a locomotive pulling four railroad cars. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad started the Royal Blue Line service between New York City and Washington, D.C. in 1890 to become more competitive with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Locomotives on the Royal Blue Line were the fastest owned by the railroad.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.128]
Depicts a small, shingle-style station. For views of similar station designs, see Collingdale Station (P.9945.106); Boone Station (P.9945.108); and Sixtieth Street Station (P.9945.116).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.99]
Depicts a pin connected Pratt truss bridge spanning Red Clay Creek near Kiamensi. A small stone dam is located underneath. A brick building, probably a mill, is partially visible.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.64]
Depicts a through truss bridge carrying the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks over the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore tracks. View includes flatcars sitting on the lower tracks.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.6]
Depicts a through truss bridge spanning the Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad tracks. The bridge is located at South 57th Street, between Woodland Avenue in the north and Grays Avenue in the south.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.118]
Depicts a wide dirt road under the pony plate girder bridge in the Canton neighborhood of Baltimore. Horse-drawn carts are visible on the road in the distance.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.4]
Depicts the railroad station constructed in 1886 after designs by Furness, Evans & Co. A horse is harnessed to a carriage and stands close to the platform nearby. Small, brick homes are visible behind the station.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.56]
Depicts the roadway bridge carrying Mount Moriah Lane (Cemetery Avenue?) over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks. A man stands on the tracks nearby, looking toward the photographer. The platforms of the Mount Moriah Station are visible in the distance.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.114]
