READING VIADUCT HISTORY – 
PHILADELPHIA STORY: The Railroads
“By 1838, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad started construction on a line that would run from Broad and Callowhill Streets in Philadelphia, cross the Schuylkill in Fairmount Park, and run on the West side of the Schuylkill through West Manayunk”
Reading Rail Train Shed, 1985. Photo by MichaelPearson.
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