Wilson Brothers & Company
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Wilson Brothers & Company was a prominent Victorian-era architecture and engineering firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company was regarded for its structural expertise.
Joseph M. Wilson, one of the firm's founders, in 1901
Max Schmitt in a Single Scull by Thomas Eakins (1871) with the Pennsylvania Railroad, Connecting Railway Bridge over the Schuylkill River, constructed between 1866 and 1867, is in the background.
Main Exhibition Building at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia (1875–76, disassembled and sold 1881). In terms of total area enclosed, 21-1/2 acres, this was the largest building in the world.
Reading Terminal
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The Reading Terminal is a complex of buildings that includes the former Reading Company main station located in the Market East section of Center City in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It comprises the Reading Terminal Headhouse, Trainshed, and Market.
New Terminal Depot at Philadelphia, Reading Railroad System lithograph, circa 1891
A Reading commuter train departs Reading Terminal, September 1964
Reading Terminal Market sign