Stone arch railway viaduct with iron railings through trees – Vintage Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Stone arch railway viaduct with iron railings through trees. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Stone arch railway viaduct with iron railings through trees
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A stone arch railway viaduct carries the track high above a wooded valley here, its arches set among trees that have grown up around the piers. Viaducts of this kind were a common sight on 19th-century American lines, where engineers used masonry arches to cross ravines and river bottoms that were too deep or wet for an earthen embankment. The iron railings along the deck were added for the safety of crews and foot traffic on the structure, and the picture's mix of heavy stone and leafy growth shows how quickly such works became part of the surrounding landscape. Pictures like this one were prized by photographers and travelers who saw the railroad as a symbol of national progress.
| Original scan | 2,100 × 2,800 px · prints to 7 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 2393144545_175695ea26_o Thomas Viaduct Inside Curve (Elkridge, MD) takomabibelot |
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