Market Street Railroad Bridge, Philadelphia.

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Market Street Railroad Bridge, Philadelphia.

Item Info

Item No: pdcc00508
Title: Market Street Railroad Bridge, Philadelphia.
Additional Title: Looking East.
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

View looking east across the Schuylkill River showing traffic crossing the covered bridge with the city in the distance.  A man on horseback is driving his cattle up the ramp of the bridge; other people are crossing the bridge on foot. A rowboat passes downstream, and barges are moored by the wharf where lumber is piled.


Creation Year: 1853
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.6
Creator Name: Devereux, Nicholson B., approximately 1813- - Artist
Pilliner, Frederick J. - Engraver
Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler