Yards near the Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge

September 4, 1917

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Yards near the Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge
  • Title
  • Yards near the Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge
  • Creator
  • Pennsylvania Railroad
  • Date
  • September 4, 1917
  • Identifier
  • 201203.1917.6511
  • Description
  • View looking east from the east end of the lower deck of Bridge No. 1 (Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge) of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway freight house yard, showing workers sitting on piles of railroad cross ties and other construction materials. The Duquesne Way Elevated Railroad Junction and the Fort Pitt Hotel are on the right. This is one of a series of photographs taken to document the raising of Bridge No. 1 (Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge) by the Eastern Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
  • Extent
  • 8 x 10 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Railroad bridges--Maintenance and repair
    Railroads--Employees
    Railroads--Buildings, structures, etc.
    Railroad yards
    Railroads, Elevated
    Commercial buildings
    Railroad trains
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pennsylvania Railroad Photographs, 1907-1917
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pennsylvania Railroad Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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