Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Peacock's Lock Viaduct, Spanning Schuykill River at Reading Railroad, Reading, Berks County, PA

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Significance: The Peacock's Lock Viaduct, named after a nearby lock on the Schuylkill Division Canal, may be the only masonry arch bridge in the U.S. with pierced spandrels. The circular openings between arches lighten the structure in both weight and appearance.

Survey number: HAER PA-118

Building/structure dates: 1853-1856 Initial Construction

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1933 - 1970

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Nicolls, Gustavus A

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad

Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad

Denison, Scoville, Candee & Company

DeLony, Eric N, project manager

Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor

Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor

Spivey, Justin M, historian

Barrett, William Edmund, photographer

Lowe, Jet, photographer

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