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Starrucca Viaduct is a stone arch bridge that spans Starrucca Creek near Lanesboro, Pennsylvania, in the United States.Completed in 1848 at a cost of $320,000 (equal to $11,268,923 today), it was at the time the world's largest stone railway viaduct and was thought to be the most expensive railway bridge as well.
Starrucca Viaduct: 1848 October 29, 1975: Lanesboro Susquehanna: Stone Arch Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad ...
The Starrucca Viaduct was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [6] Geography. Lanesboro is located at (41.963293, -75.582034). [7] According ...
Location of Susquehanna County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Starrucca Viaduct: September 1, 1951: SR 1009 at Lanesboro near viaduct (Missing) Roadside Navigation, Railroads, Transportation Susquehanna County: July 5, 1982: Monument Square at Maple St. & Lake Ave., adjacent to County Courthouse, Montrose: City
Starrucca Creek is an 18.1-mile-long (29.1 km) [1] tributary of the Susquehanna River in Susquehanna and Wayne counties, Pennsylvania in the United States. [2] Shadigee Creek joins Starrucca Creek just downstream of Starrucca. [2] Soon after passing under the Starrucca Viaduct, Starrucca Creek joins the Susquehanna near the borough of Lanesboro ...
Julius Walker Adams (October 18, 1812 – December 13, 1899) was an American civil engineer and railroad engineer, who designed the Starrucca Viaduct. He co-founded the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1852 and served as its president from 1874 to 1875. [1]
The New York and Erie Railroad (later reorganized as the Erie Railroad) built a rail line through the county in 1848, including the Starrucca Viaduct: a monumental stone structure spanning Starrucca Creek. Concurrently, the railroad established workshops in what would eventually be known as Susquehanna Depot. Initially, 350 workers were employed.