Rockville Bridge - Rails Across the Susquehanna by Dan Cupper

This is the centennial year of the stone bridge, which was opened for traffic on March 30, 1902, Easter Sunday morning, with the first train being the Atlantic Express, No. 20, with D16a 4-4-0 engine No. 30 doing the honors. Construction took two years, having started in March 1900.

The bridge is built of sandstone from western Pennsylvania, primarily from quarries in Johnstown and Curwensville. Total weight is 440 million pounds (220,000 tons). Length is 3,823 feet between back walls of the abutments at the springing line. The bridge is made up of two abutments, 47 piers, and 48 arches. Each arch is 70 feet long.

Softbound, 112 pages