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Allegheny Portage Railroad, Bens Creek Culvert, Spanning Bens Creek at State Route 53, Cassandra, Cambria County, PA
Summary
Significance: It is significant as an outstanding example of early 19th century masonry arch construction, and for its association with the Allgeheny Portage Railroad, which the bridge originally carried across the Bens Creek. The Allegheny Portage Railroad, a system of rail lines and inclined planes completed in 1834, was designed to carry boats from the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal across the Allegheny Mountains..
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N431
Survey number: HAER PA-453
Building/structure dates: 1832 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1855 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 88000782
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Allegheny Portage Railroad
Pennsylvania Main Line Canal
Fenlon, Darlings & Company
DeLony, Eric N, project manager
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor
Elliott, Joseph E, B, photographer
Location
Cassandra, 40.40868, -78.64057
Source
Library of Congress
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
