View of two men standing on end of completed section of Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York

People:

Unknown (photographer)

Title:

View of two men standing on end of completed section of Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York

Date:

ca. 1870-1880s

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 8.9 x 14.1 cm mat: 20.3 x 25.4 cm secondary support: 10.5 x 16.2 cm sheet: 8.9 x 14.1 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0079

Inscription:

inscribed and stamped - The Great River suspension Bridge,/CONNECTING NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN./Construction commenced January, 1870./ Bridge opened to the public, May, 1883./Length of River span, 1,595 feet./Length of each Land span, 930 feet./Length of Brooklyn approach, 971 feet./Length of New York approach, 1,562 feet, 6 in./Total Length of Bridge, 5,988 feet, 6 in./Width of Bridge, 85 feet./Number of Cables, 4./Diameter of each Cable, 15 1/2inches./First Wire was run out May 29th, 1877./Number of parallel steel wires in each Cable, 5,434./Strength of each Cable, 12,000 tons./Length of each single Wire in Cables, 3,579 feet./Length of Wire in 4 Cables, exclusive of Wrapping wire, 14,361./Weight of 4 Cables, inclusive of Wrapping Wire, 3,588 1/2 tons./Depth of Tower Foundation below high water, Brooklyn, 45 feet./Depth of Tower Foundation below high water, New York, 78 feet./Total Height of Towers above stamped - in ink, on the mount, verso, l.r.: "GIVEN FEB. 28, 1928 / BY WM. S. APPLETON" imprinted - on the mount, verso: "Brooklyn Bridge construction began January 1870, opened to public, May, 1883. Engineer; Col. W. A. Roebling."

Location:

Brooklyn;New York (City); New York; United State

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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