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]
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 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 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]
