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Title: Callowhill St. Bridge Upper deck, 2,734 ft.; Lower, 850 ft
Description: View showing a segment of the Callowhill Street railroad bridge, also known as Spring Garden Street Bridge, built 1874-1875 by the Keystone Bridge Company after the designs of engineer Jacob H. Linville. Depicts the lower deck used by pedestrians. Bridge demolished in 1964., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Description of "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania" printed on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., 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.9466.19]

Title: Callowhill Street Bridge
Description: View showing the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, also known as Spring Garden Street Bridge, built over the Schuylkill River from 1874-1875 by the Keystone Bridge Company after the designs of engineer Jacob H. Linville. Demolished in 1964. Bridge adorned with ornate ironwork, including lampposts and fencing., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., 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.9466.20]

Title: North from the summer house
Description: View looking north from a "summer house" near the grounds of Lemon Hill, in East Fairmount Park. Shows two Pennsylvania Railroad bridges - the Old Girard Avenue Bridge and the New York Connecting Railway Bridge - spanning the Schuylkill River. Girard Avenue Bridge, was built in 1855 and razed circa 1871. The Connecting Railway Bridge was completed in 1867 after the designs of P.R.R. chief engineer John A. Wilson., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Saul Koltnow., 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. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Bridges [P.9022.30]

Title: [Pennsylvania Railroad Connecting Railway Bridge from Lansdowne, Philadelphia]
Description: View from the west bank of the river showing men and a woman holding a child standing and sitting near a rustic railing overlooking the New York Railroad Bridge, known as the Connecting Railway Bridge, built from 1866-1867 after the designs of Pennsylvania Railroad Chief Engineer John A. Wilson. The PRR bridge served as the railroad’s first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City., Title supplied by cataloger., Series list printed on verso. Includes one hundred titles in the series (No. 1-100)., Publisher's imprint printed on series label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.2010.6.12]

Title: Girard Avenue Bridge and N.Y.R.R. Bridge, Phila[delphia]
Description: View looking from East Fairmount Park showing the Old Girard Avenue Bridge and the New York Connecting Railway bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Girard Avenue Bridge, was built in 1855 and razed circa 1871. The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge in the background, the New York Railroad Bridge, known as the Connecting Railway Bridge, was built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson. It served as the railroad's first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City. A woman sits and reads on a bench in the foreground., Title inscribed on negative., Orange mount with rounded corners., Image blurred., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Saul Kotnow.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9022.36]

Title: [Girard Avenue Bridge under construction, Schuylkill River, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing a section of the Girard Avenue Bridge under construction. The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, completed in 1874 after the designs of Henry A. and James P. Sims, was demolished in 1971. In the background, a section of the Connecting Railway Bridge, also known as the New York Railroad Bridge, is visbile. Built from 1866-1867 after the designs of PRR Chief Engineer John A. Wilson, the bridge served as the railroad's first connecting railway between Philadelphia and New York City. Includes a man on a pier, in the foreground, near a row boat, crane, and stone rubble., Title supplied by cataloguer., Orange mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: From Fairmount Park, Phila. series., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9424]

Title: [Park Boat House, near Fairmount Waterworks, Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: View looking southeast in the direction of the Fairmount Water Works at the floating George Popps Park Boat House with rowboats pulled up to the dock. Men stand and sit on the dock and in the boathouse in the foreground. Also shows the standpipe on Reservoir Hill (built 1852) and the Callowhill Street Bridge (built by the Keystone Bridge Company 1874-75 after designs by Jacob Hayes Linville) spanning the Schuylkill River in the distant background. Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, also known as the Spring Garden Street Bridge, was demolished in 1964., Written on negative: 127, Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Stamped on verso: Copyrighted by Kiralfy Bros., Philadelphia, 1876., Pink mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son, photographer
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.72]

Title: Landsdown [sic] entrance looking south
Description: View showing Lansdowne Avenue in West Fairmount Park under the old Girard Avenue Bridge. The bridge, completed at the Schuylkill River in 1855, was razed circa 1871 and replaced by the new Girard Avenue Bridge. Shows a horse-drawn carriage traveling on Lansdowne under an arch of the bridge. Also shows the New York Connecting Railway Bridge, completed in 1867, in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Grey mount with rounded corners., Inscribed in negative: 136., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Parks [P.9260.96]

Title: [Promontory Rock Tunnel and New York Connecting Railway Bridge, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the Promontory Rock Tunnel, bored in 1871, on East River Drive (Kelly Drive) between the New York Connecting Railway Bridge and the Girard Avenue Bridge in East Fairmount Park. Includes views of segments of the two Pennsylvania Railroad bridges spanning the Schuylkill River. The Connecting Railway bridge was completed in 1867 after the designs of John A. Wilson. The Girard Avenue Bridge was completed in 1875 after the designs of Henry A. and James P. Sims., Buff mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note on mount: Tunnel & NY bridge Park., Inscribed in negative: 129., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Bridges [P.9299.45]

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