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Union Station Viaduct, Spanning Gaspee, Francis, Promenade & Canal Streets, Providence, Providence County, RI

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Summary

Significance: In the late 19th century the city of Providence began filling in its tidal basin and undertook construction of a new Union Station Complex. A viaduct, utilizing a series of box-girder bridges, was built above Francis, Gaspee and Promenade Streets on the north side of the new station complex.

Survey number: HAER RI-14

Building/structure dates: 1892- 1893 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1909 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: after 1983 Demolished

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railroad bridges wooden buildings railroad companies railroad industry transportation civil engineering riverside union viaduct union station viaduct gaspee francis promenade canal streets providence providence county rhode island amtrak william e barrett dan clement cather deleuw federal railroad administration edward gagel historic american engineering record new haven new york william owens photo ultra high resolution high resolution united states history library of congress
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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
AMTRAK
New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad
Gagel, Edward
Federal Railroad Administration
DeLeuw, Cather, Parsons, contractor
Clement, Dan, transmitter
Owens, William, photographer
Barrett, William E, photographer
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Location

Riverside ,  41.82986, -71.41103
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Library of Congress
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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

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railroad bridges wooden buildings railroad companies railroad industry transportation civil engineering riverside union viaduct union station viaduct gaspee francis promenade canal streets providence providence county rhode island amtrak william e barrett dan clement cather deleuw federal railroad administration edward gagel historic american engineering record new haven new york william owens photo ultra high resolution high resolution united states history library of congress