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Philadelphia Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Main Line bridge photographs

Creation: circa 1910
 Collection
Accession: 2012-237
View this collection online in the Hagley Digital Archives.
View this collection online in the Hagley Digital Archives.

Abstract

The collection consists of digital scans of photographs of bridges on the Philadelphia Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which ran from Philadelphia to Harrisburg.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1910

Creator

Extent

40 item(s)

Biographical Note

Steve Agostini is a former employee of Conrail and webmaster for the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society.

The Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad was a rail line in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, connecting Philadelphia with Pittsburgh via Harrisburg. It is still an important cross-state corridor, composed of Amtrak's Philadelphia to Harrisburg Main Line, SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line and the Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Line.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs of thirty-nine bridges on the Philadelphia Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which ran from Philadelphia to Harrisburg. The photographs were taken by or for the company as a form of property documentation. Most of the bridges have now been replaced by newer structures. The photographs show the Main Line suburbs before they were built up when the roads and streets were much more rudimentary.

Location of Originals

Steve Agostini owns the original photographs.

Location of Copies

View this collection online in the Hagley Digital Archives.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society also holds a copy of the digital scans.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Provenance

Gift of Steve Agostini, 2013

Mr. Agostini recovered the original photographs when Conrail disposed of them. Digital scans were made of the originals and donated to the Hagley Library.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Author:
Abby Adams
Date:
2013.
Description rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description:
English
Script of description:
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository

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