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Title
Falls Bridge over Schuylkill River, Side View during Construction, 1895
Subject
- Civil engineering--Study and teaching
- Bridges--Design and construction
- Truss bridges
- Lantern slides
Description
Glass lantern slide of a black and white photograph of the construction of the Falls Bridge in Philadelphia. The view shows the side of the bridge with about two-thirds of the metal trusses completed across the river. The Falls Bridge, built in 1894-95, is a steel Pratt truss bridge with stone masonry abutments and piers. It was a Department of Public Works project and George S. Webster was the Chief Engineer. It was designed as a double-decker bridge but the second level was never built. Still in use today, it crosses the Schuylkill River in East Falls connecting Kelly Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. It was designed as a double-decker bridge but the second level was never built. 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.)
Original Format
Lantern Slides
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.
