Dinosaur on the move in Philadelphia

40-foot-long animatronic Spinosaurus traveled through Philadelphia from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and through Center City and to the Academy of Sciences of Drexel University. The dinosaur is part of a new exhibit at the academy

The Spinosaurus is transported across 676 in South Jersey.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer

by David Swanson and David Maialetti

Published June 26, 2019, 11:56 a.m. ET

Published June 26, 2019

David Swanson

David Swanson is a photographer who has covered conflicts in Croatia, Bosnia and the Russian republic of Georgia, and rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan.

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