Dallin Aerial Survey photograph of Wilmington. The electrified main line of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia,_Baltimore_and_Washington_Railroad" class="extiw" title="w:Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad">Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" class="extiw" title="w:Pennsylvania Railroad">Pennsylvania Railroad</a>), later the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Corridor" class="extiw" title="w:Northeast Corridor">Northeast Corridor</a>, can be seen making a sweeping curve in the left foreground that carries it into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_Station" class="extiw" title="w:Wilmington Station">Wilmington Station</a>. The station and attached office building, designed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Furness" class="extiw" title="w:Frank Furness">Frank Furness</a>, are visible in the middle distance just to the right of the station platforms. The main line tracks are carried above street level by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_Rail_Viaduct" class="extiw" title="w:Wilmington Rail Viaduct">Wilmington Rail Viaduct</a>. From within the curve of the main line on the left to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hammerhead_crane" class="extiw" title="w:hammerhead crane">hammerhead crane</a> on the right are the extensive buildings of the Harlan Plant of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_Steel" class="extiw" title="w:Bethlehem Steel">Bethlehem Steel</a>, formerly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_and_Hollingsworth" class="extiw" title="w:Harlan and Hollingsworth">Harlan and Hollingsworth</a>, including a turntable and roundhouse, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/drydock" class="extiw" title="w:drydock">drydock</a>, and several cranes. Immediately to the right is the abandoned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/swing_bridge" class="extiw" title="w:swing bridge">swing bridge</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad" class="extiw" title="w:Baltimore and Ohio Railroad">Baltimore and Ohio Railroad</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Side_Extension" class="extiw" title="w:South Side Extension">South Side Extension</a> across the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_River" class="extiw" title="w:Christina River">Christina River</a>; the swing span is fixed open but the approach trestles have been removed. Industries and rail lines are visible in the Southside district to the right of the Christina; the rail line crossing the Christina by a swing bridge at upper right and traversing the low ground between the Brandywine and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_River" class="extiw" title="w:Delaware River">Delaware River</a> is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellpot_Branch" class="extiw" title="w:Shellpot Branch">Shellpot Branch</a>. The factory with smokestacks just to the right of it, in the upper right, is the Delaware Floor Products Company.
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