About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_2342
  • TitleHamilton Avenue Bridge
  • SummaryAerial photograph. Portion of Gowanus Canal showing Hamilton Avenue beneath elevated expressway; elevated subway line near station at Smith and Ninth Street in background; Brooklyn skyline and water tower beyond elevated subway line; parked truck and automobiles near warehouse in right foreground. Label: "Hamilton Avenue Bridge -- A movable bascule bridge carrying Hamilton Avenue over the Gowanus Canal and placed under the Gowanus Parkway Bridge . . . ."
  • Date[196-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed label on verso. On verso: "Photos [sic] courtesy of Mr. Byron T. Conrad, engineer in charge of maintenance and operation of Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond Bridges . . . ."
  • SubjectCanals ; Bridges ; Elevated highways ; Subways
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gowanus Canal (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: Gowanus: Canal: General