Philadelphia Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Main Line bridge photographs
Creation: circa 1910Abstract
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
- Pennsylvania Railroad (Organization)
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 Most of the bridges have now been replaced by newer structures.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
