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STRICKLAND, William. Lancaster - Schuylkill Bridge. Over the River at Philadelphia. [Upper Ferry Bridge]. Single Arch 340 feet 3_ Inches. Invented by Lewis Wernwag. Executed by him & Joseph Johnson. general finish by E. Mills Esq. [Philadelphia: c. 1813]. Aquatint view by Strickland surmounting an engineering cross-section engraved by W. Kneass (300 x 500 mm). Wide margins. Provenance: Martin P. Snyder. This view is presumed by Snyder and others to have been issued at about the time of the opening of the Upper Ferry Bridge, at the time the longest single arch bridge in America. The Philadelphia-born artist of the view, William Strickland (1787-1854), trained as an architect under Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Snyder, MOA 755.ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images: 
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