About This Item


  • Call NumberTRAN_0144
  • TitleRight on the dot
  • SummaryCaption: "Right on the dot--H. D. Bensel of Douglaston, one of the [Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel] engineers who make sure both ends of a tunnel meet, sights through his 'gun' [ a surveying instrument, such as a level, mounted on a tall tripod] for a checking point."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Apr. 7, 1946. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLevels (Surveying instruments) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Surveying -- Instruments -- 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: Employees