词条 | Peacock's Lock Viaduct |
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|bridge_name = Peacock's Lock Viaduct |native_name = |native_name_lang = |image = Peacock's Lock Viaduct.jpg |image_size = 300 |alt = |caption = Peacock's Lock Viaduct in 1999. |official_name = |other_name = |carries = Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad |crosses = Schuylkill River |locale = Reading, Pennsylvania |maint = |id = |designer = Philadelphia and Reading Railroad |design = Arch bridge |material = Stone |spans = 9 |pierswater = |mainspan = {{convert|46|ft|m}} |length = |width = |height = |load = |clearance = |below = |traffic = |builder = |begin = 1853 |complete = |open = 1856 |preceded = |followed = |heritage = |collapsed = |closed = |toll = |map_cue = |map_image = |map_alt = |map_text = |map_width = |coordinates = {{coord|40|24|36|N|75|56|51|W|type:landmark_region:US-PA|display=inline,title}} |lat = |long = |extra = }}Peacock's Lock Viaduct is a stone arch bridge over the Schuylkill River near Reading, Pennsylvania, constructed by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad between 1853 and 1856. It is named for a nearby lock on the Schuylkill Canal. The bridge is notable for its pierced spandrels, or circular openings between the arch rings and the deck. While this feature is found on some European bridges, it is extremely rare, if not completely unique, in the United States.[1] See also
References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa1700/pa1780/data/pa1780data.pdf |title=Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Peacock's Lock Viaduct |last=Spivey |first=Justin M. |date=April 2000 |website=Historic American Engineering Record |publisher=Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C. |page=2 |accessdate=March 3, 2018}} External links
|structure = Crossings |place = Schuylkill River |bridge = Peacock's Lock Viaduct |bridge signs = |upstream = Cross Keys Road bridge |upstream signs = |downstream = US 222 bridge |downstream signs = }} 8 : Bridges completed in 1856|Bridges in Berks County, Pennsylvania|Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania|Railroad bridges in Pennsylvania|Bridges over the Schuylkill River|Reading Railroad bridges|Viaducts in the United States|Stone arch bridges in the United States |
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