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

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

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Zusammenfassung

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Peacock's Lock Viaduct, Überspanning Schuykill River at Reading Railroad, Reading, Berks County, PA Bedeutung: Das Peacock's Lock Viaduct, benannt nach einer nahe gelegenen Schleuse am Schuylkill Division Canal, könnte die einzige gemauerte Bogenbrücke in den USA mit durchbohrten Spandrels sein. Die kreisförmigen Öffnungen zwischen den Bögen erleichtern die Struktur sowohl im Gewicht als auch im Aussehen.

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Datum

1933 - 1970
person

Mitwirkende

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
place

Lage

Reading (Pa.)40.33565, -75.92687
Google Map of 40.3356483, -75.9268747
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Quelle

Library of Congress
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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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