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English: 1901 photograph of the Grays Ferry Bridge, which carried automotive traffic and streetcars across the Schuylkill River in southern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, until it was replaced in 1976. Built in 1901, it replaced the street-traffic function of the 1838 Newkirk Viaduct (also known as the Gray's or Grays Ferry Bridge), which carried trains and road traffic.
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Source Philadelphia Department of Records via PhillyHistory.org
Author Philadelphia Department of Public Works
Camera location39° 56′ 27.96″ N, 75° 12′ 18″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

This photograph is held by the Philadelphia Department of Records' Archives as Public Works-1077-0-5531. It is displayed on the PhillyHistory.org site at http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/Detail.aspx?assetId=5531


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39°56'28.0"N, 75°12'18.0"W

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