Erie Railroad Portage Viaduct
Erie Railroad Portage Viaduct. The trestle wooden structure built in1852; destroyed by fire in 1875. Designed by Silas Seymour 276m long, 71m above Genessee Upper Falls in Letchworth Gorge near Portageville, upstate New York. First trans-continental railroad completed 1869
Picture No
10823194
Media ID
48334760
Size
4959px x 3480px
(14.8MB)
Credit
© Walter Rawlings / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Walter Rawlings
Date
1852
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