About This Item


  • Title[Narrows Tunnel]
  • Call NumberTRAN_0198
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo cropped, cutout images on cardboard backing related to proposed Narrows Tunnel between Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and Staten Island: tunnel elevation and man digging with pick ax, possibly at groundbreaking ceremony. Note: The tunnel was never constructed.
  • Date1922
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 11 in.
  • Genreelevations (orthographic projections)gelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteInscription on verso: Staten Island. On recto: date printed on elevation: 1922. Retouched. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectTunnels -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceStaten Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.