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Lackawaxen Bridge, Erie Railway

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Description: Image of the truss railroad bridge of the Erie Railway over the Lackawaxen River in Pennsylvania, with snow on the ground and a figure standing on one of the bridge supports, with the printed description below the title reading: "Double Track, 3 spans 133 feet each; 1 span 32 feet; 1 span 48 feet. Total length 479 feet. S.S. Post, Patentee, Jersey City, N.J. Watson M'F'G Co., Builders, Paterson, N.J."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1894?
Call number: photOV 11454
Creator: Reid, J(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of George F. Clough, 2013.
Dimensions: image 12 11/16 x 16 1/8 in., mount; 18 x 22 in.
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