Manhattan Bridge, Spanning East River at Flatbush Avenue, between Ne, New York, New York County, NY

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2 data pages
3 photo caption pages
1 color transparencies

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TITLE:
Manhattan Bridge, Spanning East River at Flatbush Avenue, between Ne, New York, New York County, NY

CALL NUMBER:
HAER NY,31-NEYO,164-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 11 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 3
Color Transparencies: 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER NY-127

Building/structure dates: 1909 initial construction

Significance: This single span suspension bridge contains one of the longest suspension spans in the U.S., and had the largest carrying capacity in the country when it was built. It is unusual in that it was designed as a dual-level bridge; carrying street-cars on the upper level and subway tracks on the lower, with roadways in the center of each level. The approaches to the bridge were designed by Carrere and Hastings, and incorporated allegorical figures of Manhattan and Brooklyn by Daniel Chester French, which have since been removed to the Brooklyn Museum.

SUBJECTS:
NEW YORK--New York County--New York
suspension bridges
vehicular bridges

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ny0980

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW LOOKING TOWARDS MANHATTAN WITH BROOKLYN BRIDGE ON RIGHT
2. VIEW WITH BROOKLYN IN FOREGROUND AND LOWER MIDTOWN MANHATTAN IN BACKGROUND
3. VIEW TOWARDS BROOKLYN WITH QUEENS IN LEFT BACKGROUND
4. VIEW OF MANHATTAN APPROACH WITH MIDTOWN IN BACKGROUND
5. DETAIL VIEW OF TOWER NEAR BROOKLYN SHORE
'BARREL SHOT' TOWARDS MANHATTAN
GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM MANHATTAN SHORE LINE (Photo by Jet Lowe, 1979)
MANHATTAN TOWER AND ANCHORAGE OF MANHATTAN BRIDGE LOOKING SOUTHWEST
OBLIQUE PERSPECTIVE OF MANHATTAN TOWER OF MANHATTAN BRIDGE
HELICOPTER VIEW WEST OF ROADWAY AND MANHATTAN TOWER
MANHATTAN TOWER LOOKING NORTHWEST
VIEW WITH BROOKLYN IN FOREGROUND, MANHATTAN IN THE BACKGROUND.

CONTROL #:
NY0980

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