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New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Elk Creek Trestle, Spanning Elk Creek, south of Elk Park Road, Lake City, Erie County, PA

description

Summary

Significance: The crossing is an excellent example of the long trestles required to cross northwestern Pennsylvania's irregular topography.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N607

Survey number: HAER PA-527

Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1944 Subsequent Work

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railroad bridges steel trestles transportation railroad companies bridge construction strengthening lake city chicago railroad louis railroad elk trestle elk creek trestle elk creek elk park road erie erie county st louis saint louis mississippi river consolidated rail corporation conrail eric n delony ferro construction company historic american engineering record jet lowe chicago and st louis railroad new york norfolk and western railroad norfolk southern railroad pennsylvania historical and museum commission justin m spivey photo ultra high resolution high resolution bridge library of congress
date_range

Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Ferro Construction Company
DeLony, Eric N, project manager
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor
Spivey, Justin M, historian
Lowe, Jet, photographer
place

Location

Lake City ,  42.00090, -80.35687
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

label_outline Explore Louis Railroad, Ferro Construction Company, Elk Creek

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railroad bridges steel trestles transportation railroad companies bridge construction strengthening lake city chicago railroad louis railroad elk trestle elk creek trestle elk creek elk park road erie erie county st louis saint louis mississippi river consolidated rail corporation conrail eric n delony ferro construction company historic american engineering record jet lowe chicago and st louis railroad new york norfolk and western railroad norfolk southern railroad pennsylvania historical and museum commission justin m spivey photo ultra high resolution high resolution bridge library of congress