Pennsylvania Railroad. Spruce Creek Tunnel, two hundred and fifteen miles from Philadelphia – Historic Print
![Pennsylvania Railroad. Spruce Creek Tunnel, two hundred and fifteen miles from Philadelphia, [1874?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2d/2d706136a5f3-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Pennsylvania Railroad. Spruce Creek Tunnel, two hundred and fifteen miles from Philadelphia, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Pennsylvania Railroad. Spruce Creek Tunnel, two hundred and fifteen miles from Philadelphia
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This view shows the Spruce Creek Tunnel, which the record places 215 miles from Philadelphia on the Pennsylvania Railroad's main line. The line ran west through central Pennsylvania, and its tunnels and cuts were among the engineering features that drew attention in the 1870s, when the railroad was one of the country's largest carriers. The print was published as an illustration in the *National Album*, a Philadelphia publication from 1874, which suggests it was made for a readership interested in the nation's growing rail network. Its date is an estimate, so the 1874 album appearance is the firmest point of reference.
| Created / published | [1874?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Illus. in album: National Album, Philadelphia: W.P. Mange & Co., publishers, 1874, p. 33. |
| Subjects | Pennsylvania Railroad--1870-1880. Tunnels--Pennsylvania--Spruce Creek--1870-1880. Railroads--Pennsylvania--Spruce Creek--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,396 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-183914 |
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