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First 300 Photograph Collection

Title: Pennsylvania Railroad Tracks at Wynnewood (1861)
Source: Lower Merion Historical Society Archives
Photographer:
Collection: First 300
Date: 2000
Binder #: 2
Image #: 072-1
Abstract: Shows tracks rehabilitated by the Pennsylvania Railroad after the line was taken over from the Columbia & Philadelphia Railway; the earlier tracks had been hilly and curvy-unsuitable for the planned high speed trains
Item Number: 180
Keywords: Columbia & Philadelphia Railway/ Pennsylvania Railroad/ Transportation/ Wynnewood