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Construction Photographs of Bridge Over 9th Street in Chester, Pennsylvania

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Call Number:
0002
Repository:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Extent:
.5 linear feet (1 box, 28 items)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], Construction photographs of bridge over 9th Street in Chester, Pennsylvania, SC Photo 0002, Special Collections, Linderman Library, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.
Date:
1925-1926 (inclusive)
Creator:
Havercamp's Photographs
Form:
black-and-white photographs
Abstract:
28 black & white photographs documenting the destruction of the old one and construction of the new bridge over 9th Street in Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1925 to 1926.

City of Chester was founded in 1642 and considered the oldest city in Pennsylvania. It is located south of Philadelphia and north of Wilmington, Delaware, along the Delaware River. According to this collection of photographs, in 1925 the old bridge on the 9th Street, trestle-shaped iron or steel, was torn down and replaced by a new reinforced arched concrete bridge. This new bridge is possibly the Chester Creek Bridge, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It is on US 13 (9th Street) connecting to I-95. It is a concrete arch bridge that was built in 1926, rehabilitated in 1994, and it is still in use. Its Pennsylvania bridge number is: PA 23 0013 0100 1122

28 black & white photographs (9.5 x 7.5 in) photographs documenting the construction of the 9th Street Bridge in Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1925 to 1926. Photographs were taken by Havercamp's Photographs, 523 Edgmont Ave., Chester, Pennsylvania.

Arranged chronologically by date.

Purchase, Denning House Books (Philadelphia), December 2005.

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Publisher
Lehigh University Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
Special Collection staff
Finding Aid Date
June 2010
Sponsor
Library and Technology Services

Collection Inventory

Old 9th St. Bridge from downstream, 1925.
Box PH0002-01 Item 01
Workers standing by partially unassembled deck of old truss bridge, 1925.
Box PH0002-01 Item 02
Workers with bridge components, 1925.
Box PH0002-01 Item 03
Ninth Street Bridge #185, looking upstream, 12/19/25, 1925.
Box PH0002-01 Item 04
Ninth Street Bridge #185, east abutment, 12/19/25 , 1925.
Box PH0002-01 Item 05
Ninth Street Bridge #185, looking upstream, 12/19/25, 1925.
Box PH0002-01 Item 06

Downstream section of east abutment, 9th St. Bridge looking west, 4/23/26, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 07
9th Street Bridge, Upstream section of west abutment looking west, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 08
9th Street Bridge, Upstream section, west abutment looking west, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 09
Ninth Street looking west, May 8, 1926, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 10
Ninth Street looking east, June 12, 1926, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 11
Men working framed by rebar on bridge anchorage, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 12
Ninth Street looking west, June 12, 1926, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 13
Ninth Street east downstream, June 29, 1926, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 14
9th Street Bridge looking east, 7/16/26, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 15
Ninth Street looking west, July 29, 1926, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 16
Concrete forms, construction equipment, and houses in background, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 17
Men working on concrete forms, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 18
Ninth Street looking west, August 9, 1926, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 19
Ninth Street looking north, August 26, 1926, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 20
Ninth Street looking west, Sept. 10, 1926, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 21
Men working on concrete , 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 22
Ninth Street looking east, August 9, 1926, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 23
Ninth Street looking west, Sept. 10, 1926, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 24
9th St. Bridge looking west, 10/12/26, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 25
Construction equipment, debris, and crane in background, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 26
Bridge barrier and sidewalk, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 27
View of bridge from below, 1926.
Box PH0002-01 Item 28

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