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B&W Photos
 HB1031548 Looking South Beneath Union Station And Viaduct
|  HB1031549 South On Main Roadway
|  HB1031550 Substructure, Steel Columns Separate Traffic
|  HB1031551 Substructure, Stairs To Section Platforms Are Behind Fencing
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 HB1031552 Substructure, Area Under Station
|  HB1031553 Stairs To Section Platforms
|  HB1031554 Passageway To Pavilion Station Building
|  HB1031555 Connection Detail Showing Brick Vaulting And Decorative Treatment Of Brackets
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 HB1031556 Connection Detail
|  HB1031557 Connection Detail
|  HB1031558 Connection With Abutment, Showing Corrugated Steel Decking
|  HB1031559 Connection Detail
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 HB1031560 Detail Of Corrugated Flooring
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Photo Caption Pages
Item Title
LocationBeneath Providence Union Station & Viaduct,
Providence, RI
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER RI-33
Building/structure dates:
1894 initial construction
Significance: The bridge is historically significant as part of the station viaduct which contributed to the regional rail transportation network. Unique construction techniques make the structure significant for its engineering.
Subjects
Civil EngineeringSteel Girder BridgesTransportation
Related Names
Amtrak
Boston Bridge Works
New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad
Barrett, William E., Photographer
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. LOOKING SOUTH BENEATH UNION STATION AND VIADUCT
2. SOUTH ON MAIN ROADWAY
3. SUBSTRUCTURE, STEEL COLUMNS SEPARATE TRAFFIC
4. SUBSTRUCTURE, STAIRS TO SECTION PLATFORMS ARE BEHIND FENCING
5. SUBSTRUCTURE, AREA UNDER STATION
6. STAIRS TO SECTION PLATFORMS
7. PASSAGEWAY TO PAVILION STATION BUILDING
8. CONNECTION DETAIL SHOWING BRICK VAULTING AND DECORATIVE TREATMENT OF BRACKETS
9. CONNECTION DETAIL
10. CONNECTION DETAIL
11. CONNECTION WITH ABUTMENT, SHOWING CORRUGATED STEEL DECKING
12. CONNECTION DETAIL
13. DETAIL OF CORRUGATED FLOORING
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