Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Mule Bridge, Spanning Schulykill River at foot of Shurs Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Summary
Significance: The bridge is one of Philadelphia's oldest metal railroad bridges, and a rare surviving example of a wrought-iron lattice truss.
Survey number: HAER PA-552
Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1943 Subsequent Work
Nothing Found.
Tags
wrought iron girder bridges
railroad bridges
philadelphia
railroad
mule
bridge
mule bridge
schulykill
schulykill river
foot
shurs
lane
shurs lane
philadelphia county
pennsylvania
montgomery county
a and p roberts
consolidated rail corporation conrail
eric n delony
joseph e elliott
historic american engineering record
norfolk southern railroad
pencoyd bridge and construction company
pennsylvania historical and museum commission
philadelphia and reading railroad
justin m spivey
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
A. & P. Roberts
Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Company
Philadelphia & Reading 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
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
,
40.02461, -75.21419
Source
Library of Congress
Link
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