About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0149
  • TitleAlmost finished
  • SummaryCaption: "Almost finished--The nation's longest under-water tube, the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, will look like this to motorists when it opens next spring. ... This photo was taken near the Brooklyn end (background) of the east tunnel. At right is assistant engineer Frank Furrelle of Yonkers." Image includes moving truck in foreground.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 9, 1949; "Eagle staff photo by John Kruh." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectTrucks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Tunnels -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationHugh L. Carey Tunnel (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Tunnels: Brooklyn-Battery: Construction: Interior: General