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description

Summary

Significance: This structure occupies the piers of the first railroad bridge to cross the Delaware River at Easton. It is also notable for its fish-belly deck trusses, an unusual variant of the Pratt design.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N624

Survey number: HAER PA-543

Building/structure dates: 1866 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1876 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1901-1902 Subsequent Work

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steel girder bridges railroad bridges truss bridges west easton railroad lehigh valley railroad delaware bridge delaware river bridge delaware river lehigh river easton northampton northampton county pennsylvania american bridge company central iron and steel consolidated rail corporation conrail eric n delony joseph e elliott historic american engineering record lukens iron and steel norfolk southern railroad pencoyd iron works pennsylvania historical and museum commission slatington rolling mill company justin m spivey photo ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress
date_range

Date

1901
person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Pencoyd Iron Works
Central Iron & Steel
Lukens Iron & Steel
Slatington Rolling Mill Company
American Bridge Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)
Norfolk Southern Railroad
DeLony, Eric N, project manager
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor
Spivey, Justin M, historian
Elliott, Joseph E, B, photographer
place

Location

West Easton ,  40.68843, -75.22073
create

Source

Library of Congress
link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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