About This Item
- Title[Roadway fire]
- Call NumberBRID_0016
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryClose-up of hole on bridge roadway with portions of two automobiles, pedestrian, and trolley car in background. Caption: "Traffic on the south roadway of Brooklyn Bridge was tied up for a half-hour yesterday noon by a fire under the paving blocks about 50 feet west of the Manhattan Tower. It was believed to have been caused by friction of the dry hot blocks. An emergency crew was forced to tear up about 10 square feet of the blocks. Damage was slight."
- Date1933
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteOn verso: date inscribed: May 28/33. Title supplied by cataloger.
- Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- Finding AidView the finding aid
- PlaceBrooklyn 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.