History & local legend
The Delaware River Viaduct at Slateford was built between 1908 and 1911, using concrete supplied from plants on both banks. A cableway carried materials over the river, supported by a tower in midstream. Trains began crossing its nine spans in December 1911.
Its ghost story concerns a worker said to have fallen into a form during a concrete pour. According to the legend, his body remained inside the structure. Later accounts describe an apparition near the bridge and the sensation of being followed while crossing it.
Sources
- The Shadowlands, Slateford / Slateford Bridge, worker apparition and sensation of being followed
- Historic American Engineering Record, Delaware River Viaduct, construction sequence, mixing plants and cableway, original dimensions and dates
- Library of Congress, Delaware River Viaduct, Joseph E. B. Elliott photograph from the southwest
- OpenStreetMap, named viaduct
