Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge is a stone arch bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that carries Amtrak Northeast Corridor rail lines and SEPTA and NJT commuter rail lines over the
Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge from the southeast in 1999.
Connecting Railway Bridge (circa 1867-73) with original reinforced-arch truss.
Colorized photograph of the Connecting Railway Bridge with the Pratt truss (circa 1897). Note the East River Drive "tunnel", right.
Max Schmitt in a Single Scull (1871) by Thomas Eakins.
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The Connecting Railway was a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad, incorporated to build a connection between the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad and the PRR in the city of Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge
…Bridge, New York Connecting Bridge, New York Railroad Bridge, and Junction Railroad Bridge. The bridge was begun in 1866 and completed in 1867 by the Connecting Railway, a company affiliated with the Pennsylvania Railroad, and formally purchased by the PRR in 1871. The bridge's purpose was to connect the PRR's southern…
The Bustleton Branch splits from the Philadelphia & Trenton Line at Holmesburg Junction.
Share of the Kensington and Tacony Railroad Company, issued 14 April 1891
"HOLMES" Block Station (Holmesburg Junction), late 1970s