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I found a lot of negatives among my mother's effects and this was among them. Most of the photos seem to be from Tennessee, Georgia or Alabama, but I have no idea about this one. Can anyone help?
Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct
This is the Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct. Nickholson PA.
Built by the Dalaware Lackawanna & Western RR.
Built 1913-1915.
Near Steamtown National Historic Site in Eastern Pennsylvania.
Length 2375'. Height 240'.
Still in use today by the Norfolk Southern RR.
Not an arch comment
It's the Tunkhannock Creek at Nicholson, PA
http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2017/06/cpdl-viaduct-over-tunkanno...
Beautiful view!
Pennsylvania railroad bridge over the Schukill river. View today would be from northbound lanes of the Schukill expressway.
Could it be?
Is it possible the Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct in Nicholson, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, USA?
Here is a different view of it but it does look very similar.
The Largest Concrete Structure In the World
The Tunkhannock Viaduct, built in 1915 in upstate Pennsylvania to speed traffic on the Lackawanna Railroad, at that time the largest concrete structure in the world and the largest concrete bridge for 50 years. Readily visible from US 11, a major north-south highway (seen on the right in the photo), and therefore a popular photo subject. Even today it is a well marked attraction with a viewing turnout and explanatory plaque. Wikipedia has a good article along with many other online references.
May be this is the bridge:
Looks like the Tunkhannock Bridge near Nicholson, PA, across Tunkhannock Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River. According to Wikipedia, this was the largest concrete bridge in the world for half century after it was built in 1915.
Tunkhannock Viaduct
Tunkhannock Viaduct
Nicholson: Wyoming County, Pennsylvania: United States
"Among the greatest bridges in the world is the famous Tunkhannock Viaduct, which has been called the 9th Wonder of the World. It truly is impressive to see a bridge that is so large and tall that it soars above the hills of Pennsylvania."
https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=pennsylvania/...
Could it be the Tunkhannock Viaduct?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunkhannock_Viaduct
Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct
Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct is a concrete deck arch bridge on the Nicholson Cutoff rail segment of the Norfolk Southern Railway Sunbury Line that spans Tunkhannock Creek in Nicholson, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Construction started: May 1912
Not Georgia. Try Pennsylvania
This is Nicholson, Pa. Tunkhannock Viaduct was built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western RR early in the 20th century. Search through duck-duck-go for more. It still is in use by Norfolk Southern Corp. Listed by National Register of Historical Places in 1977.
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