About This Item

  • TitleBrooklyn Bridge during construction
  • Call NumberBRID_0043
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTyped caption (0043): "Early drawing [etching?] showing construction of Brooklyn Bridge. Note method of laying main bridge cables in parallel strands, bound t[og]ether and weatherproofed."
  • Date1883
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)etchings (prints)gelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0018 and 0043 are identical. 0043: cropped: small piece missing from top left and right. Date inscribed on verso of copy 2 of 0018: May, 1883. Title from inscription on verso of 0043.
  • SubjectBridges -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn Bridge (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.