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Panoramic View of Rochester and the Beaver Valley

Date: 1894
Description: Panoramic view of Rochester and the Beaver Valley. Junction of the Beaver River and the Ohio River. Settlements and multiple bridges are in the background.
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Ferry with Sunday Passengers

Date: 05 06 1894
Description: View on the Monongahela River of a ferry with passengers and horse-drawn carriages. There is a bridge in the background.
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Winona Falls Gorge and Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of Winona Falls Gorge spanned by a small wooden bridge. Someone is resting in the middle of the bridge and a dense stand of pine trees surrou...
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Wooden Bridge

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Description: View looking down toward a wooden bridge crossing a river through the woods with small rapids. There are two wooden benches on the bridge.
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Conococheaque Creek Bidge

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Description: Shore-side view of the stone Conococheaque Creek Bridge with a house in the background.
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New Bridge

Date: 1900
Description: A view of the first span of the Berwick-Nescopeck bridge. Onlookers pose for the photograph in front of a fence and completed pilings stretch across the r...
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Berwick-Nescopeck Bridge

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Description: The Nescopeck view down the Berwick-Nescopeck Bridge showing pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage.
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New Lincoln Highway Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of the Lincoln Highway, also known as the Juniata Bridge, or Juniata Crossing. View toward right side of bridge over a river, with tree-cover...
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Footbridge

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Description: A view of the latticed footbridge to Magneside Springs from the roadway.
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Washington Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of the Washington Bridge, crossing over numerous railroad tracks. In the foreground is a train engine, dwellings, and a dilapidated brick str...
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The Kinzua Viaduct

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Description: Elevated view of a train crossing the Kinzua Viaduct, a railroad trestle which spans a valley. The train appears to be parked, with one man posing on top o...
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Lake Shore Fast Trolley Line

Date: 1908
Description: Composite of views of a rapid transit trolley crossing a bridge as men stand by and observe. Caption reads: "Scenes on the Lake Shore Fast Trolley Line."
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Harmony Route

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Description: Harmony Route was a limited stop direct to New Castle departing Liberty and Market. The first trolley ran in 1908. Caption reads: "Along the Harmony Route,...
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Building The New Bridge

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Description: Slightly elevated view of several people overlooking a bridge under construction. Caption reads: "Building The New Bridge, Berwick, PA."
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Central Moravian Church Approach

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Description: Street-level view of the Central Moravian Church from an adjacent bridge lined with stone balustrades and wide sidewalks. A work crew is at the intersectio...
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North Branch Extension Canal

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Description: Bird's-eye view of the north branch extension canal on the Susquehanna river, surrounded by smaller renderings of structures of interest around the town in...
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Bedford Springs Resort

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Description: Exterior view of the Bedford Springs Resort, built in 1806. A car at the entrance is under a second-story walking bridge that leads to a large, balcony wit...
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Bedford Springs Resort

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Description: View along the front of the dining room veranda at Bedford Springs Resort, built in 1806. Straight backed chairs are arranged along the brick facade on the...
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Lutherland Trail Entrance

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Description: View of Lutherland Nature Trail entrance. View features a small wooden bridge beneath a wood archway with a sign that says "Nature Trail". The archway and ...
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Child's Arbor and Eureka Glen

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Description: Women stand on a hillside at Child's Arbor and Eureka Glen, land purchased by George W. Childs in 1927. On the hill above them is a bridge. Caption reads: ...

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