SummaryCaption: "Construction work [with derricks and dredging equipment] on the new Plumb Beach Channel Bridge from Plumb Island to Emmons Ave., Sheepshead Bay, goes ahead, following repair of the damage caused when a 75-ton girder broke loose from its cable on Nov. 6, plunging two steelworkers to death in the channel. The bridge will be part of the Belt Parkway when completed." The image also includes two small tugboats in right foreground.
NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Dec. 4/39. Title from caption on verso.
Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
SubjectBridges -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cranes, derricks, etc. -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dredges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Tugboats -- New York (State) -- New York
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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