Depicts the Wilmington station at Water and Market Streets constructed in 1886 after designs by Furness, Evans & Co. Warehouses and other industrial buildings at the Market Street Wharf are visible in the background.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.69]
Depicts a small brick and shingle-covered station. A large shed sits across from the station, on the opposite side of the tracks. For views of similar designs, see Bradshaw Station (P.9945.16); Leslie Station (P.9945.41); and Childs Station (P.9945.47).
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.62]
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 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 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 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]
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 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]
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]
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]
Album containing photographs of railroad bridges and stations along the B&O Railroad's Philadelphia Division linking Baltimore and Philadelphia taken on a trip made by a small group of B&O Railroad employees who surveyed the line in March 1891. Under the supervision of Division Engineer Maintenance-of-Way William A. Pratt and Foreman of Bridges and Buildings George W. Andrews, the group set out from Baltimore riding on a hand cart to inspect and photograph 78 bridges and culverts spanning rivers, creek, runs, and roads in Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania; and 37 of the nearly 70 stations along the line. Images depict a variety of common railroad bridges including through truss bridges, deck truss bridges, deck plate girder bridges, pony plate girder bridges and stone arch culverts as well as images of two major bridges crossing the Susquehanna River near Havre de Grace and the Brandywine River in Wilmington. Album also documents a variety of types of small railroad stations as well as three urban railroad stations designed by Philadelphia architect Frank Furness: the Philadelphia Terminal at 24th and Chestnuts Streets, and the Water Street and Delaware Avenue Stations in Wilmington., LCP AR [Annual Report] 2001, pg. 58-9.
Date
March, 1891
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.9945]
