Union Station Viaduct, Spanning Gaspee, Francis, Promenade & Canal Streets, Providence, Providence County, RI
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
Tags
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
Date
1969 - 1980
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
Location
Riverside
,
41.82986, -71.41103
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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