Delaware Avenue Bridge, Wilmington
Title
Delaware Avenue Bridge, Wilmington
Description
View from Delaware Avenue showing the pony plate girder bridge near the train station.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.72]
Gilpin Avenue Bridge
Title
Gilpin Avenue Bridge
Description
Depicts a through truss bridge spanning Gilpin Avenue, not far from the train station at Delaware and Dupont Avenues in Wilmington.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.73]
Brandywine Creek Bridge
Title
Brandywine Creek Bridge
Description
Depicts a pin-connected, deck truss bridge mounted on granite masonry piers spanning the Brandywine River in Delaware. Constructed for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ca. 1885, but modified in 1920 for automobile traffic. Also known as the Augustine Bridge.
Date
March 1891.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.74]