About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0193
  • TitleBrooklyn-Staten Island tunnel
  • SummaryLarge free-standing sign: "On this site will be sunk the Brooklyn shaft of the freight and passenger tunnel to be constructed by The Board of Estimate and Apportionment across The Narrows; John F. Hylan, mayor, Arthur S. Tuttle, chief engineer." Note: The proposed Narrows Tunnel between Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and Staten Island was never constructed.
  • Date1923
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: March 29/23. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectSigns and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Tunnels -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Tunnels: General