Locally quarried about three miles from the site and a temporary The stone for the bridge was ashlar bluestone, Starrucca Viaduct (it gained its name, of course, from the creek bed itĬrossed) in 1847. Visiting the area Kirkwood concluded that he could indeed build theīridge, which would be a cut-stone arch design, as long as the railroadĭid not have an issue with what the ultimate cost would be.Īlmost immediately work began on what became known as Kirkwood was a Scottish who had immigrated to the United States inġ834 and not only worked for the B&A but also helped to survey Kirkwood (coincidentally who was also Adams' brother-in-law) who wasĪ civil engineer working for the Boston & Albany Railroad during its construction. Adams, suggested that the railroad contact James However, the NY&E's chief contractor and bridge engineer Vanderbilt (of New York Central fame) to take over the Erie in the midġ860s (which ultimately failed and the Commodore lost all of his That, gaining access to these new markets was a very labor intensive andĭifficult task because of two reorganizations (as the Erie Railway inġ859 and Erie Railroad in 1895) and a proxy fight by Cornelius Lines and by the late 19th century it had reached points such asīuffalo, Rochester, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis. Over the years it acquired, leased, or built new York, De Witt Clinton as the New York & Erie Railroad (NY&E) toīuild a rail line in the southern part of the state linking Piermont,
Ohio Railroad, when it was chartered that year by the Governor of New The Erie Railroad has its beginnings datingĪll of the way back to 1832, just five years after the Baltimore &
This allowed ample opportunity to watch passing freights over both lines. In addition, Lanesboro was once a major railfan attraction as Delaware & Hudson's Penn Division (ex-Delaware, Lackawanna & Western) was a busy corridor until the Conrail era. For many years, the viaduct was double-tracked as part of the Erie's New York - Chicago main line while today it only carries one track. Today, as is so often the case with stone-arch viaducts, it remains in regular use by the New York, Susquehanna & Western, which leases the structure from Norfolk Southern. However, with the help of a brilliant engineer and an unbelievable sum of money the bridge was completed in just over a year. Techniques and skills required to build complicated and difficultĪs such, it became no easy task for the Erie to span the valley located near what is now the small town of Lanesboro. Only just beginning to fan out from east coast cities but also were Mid-19th century, railroads were still in their infancy and were not Small creek and valley in northeast Pennsylvania. United States was the Erie Railroad's Starrucca Viaduct, which spanned a One of the more impressive stone-arch bridges to ever be built in the
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