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TITLE:
Market Street Elevated Railway, Market Street between Sixty-ninth & Forty-sixth St, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
CALL NUMBER:
HAER PA,51-PHILA,719-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 10 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 18 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 8
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HAER PA-507
Significance: The railway was the first rapid transit line erected in Philadelphia at the turn of the century. Prior to its construction, electrified surface lines traversed city and suburban streets providing transportation between neighborhood. With the completion of the elevated railway, passengers were able to enjoy a swift ride into Center City from their residences in outlying areas. The advent of the Market Street line profoundly affected residential patterns and emphasized the importance of restructuring the regional transit system to move people to and from downtown...
SUBJECTS:
PENNSYLVANIA--Philadelphia County--Philadelphia
mass transit
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.pa3702
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. BEGINNING OF RAILWAY SUPERSTRUCTURE IN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. FACING EAST DOWN MARKET STREET.
2. LOOKING EAST DOWN TRACKS, AT TRACK LEVEL OF 56TH STREET STATION.
3. NORTH SIDE OF SUPERSTRUCTURE, FACING WEST DOWN MARKET STREET.
4. END OF RAILWAY SUPERSTRUCTURE, WHERE IT CROSSES NORTH OVER MARKET STREET AND DESCENDS TO MEET SUBWAY AT 44TH STREET.
5. NORTH SIDE OF SUPERSTRUCTURE, FACING SOUTH ON MARKET STREET BETWEEN 44TH AND 45TH STREETS. DETAIL OF BARREL VAULTS ON UNDERSIDE OF SUPERSTRUCTURE.
6. SOUTH SIDE AND UNDERSIDE OF SUPERSTRUCTURE, FACING NORTH ON MARKET STREET BETWEEN 45TH AND 46TH STREETS. DETAIL OF BEAMS AND GIRDERS.
7. UNDERSIDE OF SUPERSTRUCTURE BENEATH 63RD STREET STATION. DETAIL OF PLATFORM VERSUS TRACK LEVELS.
8. DETAIL OF TRACK-LEVEL SUPPORT, BENEATH 63RD STREET STATION.
9. DETAIL OF PRATT AND WARREN TRUSS SYSTEM, BENEATH 56TH STREET STATION.
10. DETAIL OF RAILROAD TIES LAID ON ROCK BALLAST, 63RD STREET STATION.
CONTROL #:
PA3702
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