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AMTK - Naaman Creek Stone Arch

New Castle County, Delaware

Photo 

Naaman Creek Bridge. Naaman, Newcastle Co., De. Sec. 1201, Mp 18.62

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #305968

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over Naaman Creek on Amtrak
Location
Claymont, New Castle County, Delaware
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1901
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Conrail (CR)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Stone arch
Also called
PRR - Naaman Creek Stone Arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.80896, -75.44153   (decimal degrees)
39°48'32" N, 75°26'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/462206/4406646 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Marcus Hook
Inventory number
BH 63060 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (580)
Arch (12,881)
Built 1901 (599)
Built during 1900s (7,947)
Claymont, Delaware (4)
Conrail (1,819)
Deck arch (12,097)
Delaware (167)
HAER documented (1,138)
 New Castle County, Delaware (115)
Northeast Corridor (156)
Open (41,456)
Owned by railroad (14,148)
Penn Central Railroad (1,651)
Pennsylvania Railroad (1,138)
Railroad (17,009)
Stone arch (3,375)

Update Log 

  • October 25, 2014: HAER photo posted by Ian Martin
  • September 18, 2014: Added by Luke

Sources 

  • Luke
  • HAER DE-21 - Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between Maryland/Delaware & Delaware/Pennsylvania State Lines, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

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