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Some pictures of the, "STARRUCCA VIADUCT" from the top of Lanesboro Quarry
taken in the fall of 2006
The Starrucca Viaduct
The Starrucca Viaduct was constructed for the
Erie Railroad and was completed in 1848. It is 1040 feet long, 100 feet high and
25 feet wide at the top. It is the oldest stone railroad bridge in use in the
State of Pennsylvania today. From the time of its completion it has sparked the
imagination of artists and photographers alike. The nineteenth century painter
Jasper Francis Cropsey painted the Viaduct and the picturesque Susquehanna
Valley in 1865 ( Starrucca Viaduct, (Toledo Museum of Art). Other images
of the Viaduct can be found on railroad fan sites across the internet.
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