Depicts tracks leading to the Catawissa Railroad bridge which passes over a farm residence near Maineville. Four men sit and stand on the tracks. The railroad, organized in 1831 and opened in 1854, traveled through the mountains near Blue Ridge connecting Port Clinton and Williamsport, Pennsylvania., Title from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to John Moran., Buff mount with square corners., Contains distributor's stamp on verso: James W. Queen & Co., 924 Chestnut Street Phila., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8992.3]
Depicts tracks leading to the McCauley Mountain Railroad bridge on the Catawissa Railroad near a farm residence in Maineville. Four men sit and stand on the tracks. The railroad, incorporated in 1831 and opened in 1854, traveled through the Blue Ridge Mountains connecting Port Clinton and Williamsport, Pennsylvania., Manuscript note on verso: MCauly Mtn. R.R., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Series title from duplicate stereograph., Duplicate entitled McCauley Bridge, McCauley Mountain R.R., Pa. (P.8992.3)., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views - Cattawissa Railroad [P.9462.16]
