About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0208
  • TitleBridge derailment
  • SummaryCaption: "Bridge derailment--Heavy wheel truck of a West End BMT train, derailed on the Manhattan Bridge as it neared Brooklyn this morning, splintering massive ties and guard rails, sending a shower of wood onto streets bbelow. As the train rolled 150 feet to a stop it almost scraped bridge girders."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 2, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Fox." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorFox, Dan
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSubways -- Accidents -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceNew 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: Subways: Accidents