Falls Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, connecting East & West , Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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12 data pages
3 photo caption pages
3 color transparencies

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TITLE:
Falls Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, connecting East & West , Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

CALL NUMBER:
HAER PA, 51-PHILA, 701-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 19 (5 x 7 in. and 8 x 10 in.)
Data Page(s): 11 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 3
Color Transparencies: 3

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER PA-35

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N626).

Building/structure dates: 1894 initial construction

Significance: The Falls Bridge is a unique and well-preserved example of the Petit through truss design, capable of carrying a roadway on both its upper and lower chords. The upper deck remains incomplete, but is nonetheless an example of the Philadelphia Department of Public Works and Bureau of Surveys' far-sighted transportation planning under Chief Engineer George S. Webster. The bridge crosses the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park, a National Register-listed historic district.

SUBJECTS:
PENNSYLVANIA--Philadelphia County--Philadelphia
civil engineering
transportation
bridge construction

OTHER TITLE:
Fairmount Park

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.pa0840

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW
2. FRAME DETAIL
3. TRUSS DETAIL
4. VIEW FROM SOUTH ON EAST BANK--LEVEL Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HAER-GS05-B-1971-501L.
5. EAST VIEW OF EAST END OF BRIDGE--LEVEL Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HAER-GS05-B-1971-502L.
6. INTERIOR OF BAY OVER PIER, INCLINED UP 10 DEGREES Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HAER-GS05-B-1971-503L.
7. STEEL BRIDGEWORK Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HAER-PS05-2000-401.
8. DESCRIPTION PLAQUE Copy photograph of photogrammetric plate LC-HAER-PS05-2000-402
9. RENDERING OF PROPOSED FALLS BRIDGE Photocopy of historic photograph (photographer unknown, December 1894)
10. CONSTRUCTION OF FALLS BRIDGE, EAST ACROSS THE SCHUYLKILL Photocopy of historic photograph (photographer unknown, January 11, 1895)
11. CONSTRUCTION OF FALLS BRIDGE, EAST ACROSS THE SCHUYLKILL Photocopy of historic photograph (photographer unknown, 1896)
12. PORTAL VIEW OF THE LENGTH OF THE BRIDGE Photocopy of historic photograph (photographer unknown, September 1896)
GENERAL VIEW
14. SOUTH PORTAL, LOOKING NE.
15. NORTH ABUTMENT, FIXED END DETAIL.
16. DETAIL OF LOWER CHORD AND BEAMS.
17. DETAIL OF SOUTH PORTAL, SHOWING "TREE OF LIFE" RAILING DETAIL AS WELL AS BUILDER'S PLATE.
18. BELOW DECK ASSEMBLY DETAIL, LOOKING SOUTH.
19. VIEW FROM WITHIN TRUSS, LOOKING NORTH FROM SOUTH END.
20. PERSPECTIVE FROM PARK BIKEWAY ON EAST BANK OF SCHUYLKILL RIVER, LOOKING SW BY 240 DEGREES.
21. SOUTH PORTAL, LOOKING NE.
22. PERSPECTIVE FROM PARK BIKEWAY ON EAST BANK OF SCHUYLKILL RIVER, LOOKING SW BY 240 DEGREES.

CONTROL #:
PA0840

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