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Architecture / Bridges and Viaducts (Tunkhannock)

Nicholson Bridge on the Lackawanna Trail

Nicholson Bridge on the Lackawanna Trail

Curtis Teich Company
1915 – 1920

The Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct, often called the Nicholson Bridge, is the world's largest concrete railroad bridge. The bridge is 2,375 feet long, 34 feet wide, and 300 feet from the top of the parapet to bottom of the deepest foundation pit. Its construction was part of a major improvement to the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad. It is recognized on the National Register of Historic Places.

Paper. H 9, W 13.7 cm
Steamtown National Historic Site, STEA 2343