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Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek, east of Schuylkill Expressway (I-76), Gladwyne, Montgomery County, PA

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Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Mill Creek Bridge, Spanning Mill Creek, east of Schuylkill Expressway (I-76), Gladwyne, Montgomery County, PA

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Summary

Significance: This structure is significant as a well-preserved example among dozens of stone arch bridges built along the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad during the mid-19th century, and one of few with a curving horizontal alignment.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N619
Survey number: HAER PA-536
Building/structure dates: 1863 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1917 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Nicolls, Gustavus A
Steele, J Dutton
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
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Location

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Source

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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