The Newkirk Viaduct Monument was erected in 1838 at the completion of the Gray's Ferry Bridge in Philadelphia. Then known as the Newkirk Viaduct a monumental obelisk was erected to commemorate is completion. It was surrounded by an iron fence on a high bank in the lee formed by the junction of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad and the Chester Branch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, just below the western end of the bridge.

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  • The Newkirk Viaduct Monument was erected in 1838 at the completion of the Gray's Ferry Bridge in Philadelphia. Then known as the Newkirk Viaduct a monumental obelisk was erected to commemorate is completion. It was surrounded by an iron fence on a high bank in the lee formed by the junction of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad and the Chester Branch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, just below the western end of the bridge. The 30 foot obelisk is of white marble with a base 10 feet square. The main body of the monument is slightly smaller with a tapering marble shaft on top. Currently the monument is in disrepair, is abandoned and nearly forgotten.
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  • The Newkirk Viaduct Monument was erected in 1838 at the completion of the Gray's Ferry Bridge in Philadelphia. Then known as the Newkirk Viaduct a monumental obelisk was erected to commemorate is completion. It was surrounded by an iron fence on a high bank in the lee formed by the junction of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad and the Chester Branch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, just below the western end of the bridge.
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  • Newkirk Viaduct Monument
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