Connecting Railway Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia

Wagner Free Institute of Science - Engineering 2: Civil Engineering Structures

About

Subject

Civil engineering--Study and teaching
Railroad bridges
Truss bridges
Bridges--Design and construction
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lantern slides

Description

Glass lantern slide of a photograph of the Connecting Railway Bridge of the Pennsylvania Railroad over the Schuylkill River near Girard Avenue in Philadelphia. The image shows scaffolding supporting the construction of a new Pratt truss. Image is reproduced from a book. Used to illustrate the course "Civil Engineering Structures" which was taught between 1893-1950 at the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, Pa.

Location Covered

Philadelphia (Pa.)
Schuylkill River (Pa.)

Type

Image

Original Format

Lantern Slides

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Identifier

LS0106

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Contact

Wagner Free Institute of Science Library & Archives. 1700 W Montgomery Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19121. Contact the Library at 215-763-6529 x12 or library@wagnerfreeinstitute.org

Contributing Institution

Wagner Free Institute of Science

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.