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Elevation drawing looking downstream

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More detail photos of present day

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Replacing 1846 suspension bridge in 1881;
Original portal single-width bridge before widening in 1889;
View from right bank of Mon River near B&O RR [c1908]
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Aerial view with Pittsburgh skyline before 1901 P&LE station;
Castle Shannon and Monongahela Inclines ascending Coal Hill (Mt. Washington);
View from left bank of Mon River with B&O RR station at right [c1909];
South approach with original portals removed and before current Roush portals installed in 1915, railings style also used on South 22nd St Birmingham Bridge
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Trolley stop in front of P&LE station (current Station Square);
Warren pony truss over P≤
Trusses which held overhead power wires, 1972;
The final days of trolleys on the bridge before tracks were closed in 1985



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