About This Item

  • TitleTesting for proposed Narrows Bridge
  • Call NumberBRID_0334
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Testing for proposed Narrows Bridge--An underwater charge shoots up a man-made geyser [in New York Harbor] near the Fort Hamilton Monument in a survey to determine whether a span can be built between Bay Ridge and Staten Island. The testings, being made by the Gahagan Construction Corp., are to discover how far down solid rock exists for footings for the bridge, if it is to be built over the protests of Bay Ridge residents;" tugboat in section of New York Harbor on far right.
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 12 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 28, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectTugboats -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (New York, N.Y.)New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
  • 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.