Rafts at Warren Eddy (1890)

Rafts at Warren Eddy (1890)

Rivers -- Railroad bridges -- Covered bridges

A view circa 1890 to the south side fairgrounds (site of Warren General Hospital). In the distance are the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad covered bridge and the Struthers-Wells buildings. Several square-timber rafts are moored in the eddy below Pennsylvania Avenue just west of Hickory Street. The water stage is very low.

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1890

19th and 20th Century photography and text.

Image

Photographs

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2005-11

Warren Library Association Photograph Collection

184

Allegheny Chronicles-Rafting and Lumbering

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