There were evidently three predecessor bridges. The first was built in 1834 for the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad (P&CRR) (a photo further below). The second was a cast iron truss bridge built in 1867. The third bridge was built in 1890, and the railroad was still the P&CRR. The 1904 bridge was built by Pennsy.
""The Penn Central Railroad Bridge at Coatesville is a ten-arch bridge spanning the west branch of the Brandywine Creek. Each arch is ninety-six feet high, and has stone voussoirs over its entire length. Regularly coursed rusticated stonework fills the spaces between arches; the bridge has nine piers. The bridge carries four tracks." [Historic Places Inventory via Historic Bridges]
Ed Hollowell commented on Bridge Hunter:
It occurs to me that this must have been very near the end of the era of stone construction and the start of concrete. I can name some structures in Indiana that were built in the 1905 period that were all concrete and the most remarkable part of that was the fact that the railroad they were built for was owned by a man who owned stone quarrys not far away. (Kitton Ditch Bridge)
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| Photo via Auntie LuAnnie |
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| Robert Wanner commented on a post |
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| Sixth of 80 stories after filtering out "People" on a timeline 1834: High Bridge Across the Brandywine The High Bridge across the Brandywine River is built for the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad, expanding marketing opportunities for Rebecca's mill |
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| Fred Lannert commented on a post Equally impressive is where the picture [of the steel mill] was taken from. The Coatesville High Bridge is an engineering marvel. |
I include the retaining wall along Lumber Street because this is the first time I have seen buttresses for a retaining wall.
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