Summary

DescriptionHigh Street Bridge , before the bridge was covered. William Birch, 1805..jpg	English: "High Street Bridge, before the bridge was covered." Engraving by William Birch, published May 1805.
Date	May 1805
Source	Reprinted in John T. Faris, The Romance of Old Philadelphia (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1918), frontispiece.[1]
Author	William Russell Birch.
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At least 3 versions of this Birch engraving exist. Another adds an insert in the foreground showing the completed covered bridge. A third shows only the covered bridge. The Schuylkill Permanent Bridge crossed the Schuylkill River at Market Street. It opened to traffic on January 1, 1805.

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