About This Item

  • Call NumberBRID_0330
  • TitleVerrazano Narrows Bridge under construction
  • SummaryCaption: "Completion of preparations by United States Steel's American Bridge Division for the start of cable spinning on Thursday, March 7, provided this view of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Island. This photo looking from the Brooklyn anchorage toward Staten Island [with portion of New York Harbor between], shows the 20'-wide catwalks that will serve as work platforms during the cable spinning operations. Each measuring 6,948 feet in length, the catwalks are completed and support tramways to carry the spinning wheels that will position the 142,500 miles of galvanized steel wire making up the four main cables."
  • Date1963
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1963. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectAnchorage ; Bridges -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (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: Bridges: Verrazano Narrows: Construction