About This Item

  • Title[Verrazano Narrows Bridge under construction]
  • Call NumberBRID_0331
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view: typed caption: "Eight reels of pencil-thick galvanized steel bridge wire are shown in position at the Brooklyn anchorage of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge [with derrick in foreground] as United States Steel's American Bridge Division completed preparations for the start of cable spinning Thursday, March 7. Some 1,600 reels such as these, each containing 24 tons of wire, will be used in spinning the bridge's main cables."
  • Date1963
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1963. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBridges -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cranes, derricks, etc. -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.