View from the banks of the Schuylkill River of the Girard Avenue Bridge at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The Connecting Railroad Bridge [i.e. Juntion Railroad Bridge] is visible in the background. Measuring 100 feet wide, the iron and stone Girard Avenue Bridge, built between 1872 and 1874, was considered to be the widest bridge in the world at the time of its construction. It replaced an earlier bridge at this site. The bridge, designed by James and Henry Sims, was demolished between 1970 and 1971., Manuscript note on verso reads: 174 Girard Avenue Bridge., Publisher's imprint on paper label on verso., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
ca. 1875
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo-Cremer-bridges [P.9644.11]
