12318.
High Bridge, New York. View of Harlem River, through one of the Arches.
Bridges, Tunnels
12319.
High Bridge, New York.–No. 2. View of Harlem River through one of the Arches.
12320.
High Bridge, New York.–No. 1. Showing the Top and Full Length.
12321.
High Bridge, New York.–No. 1. Showing the Top and Full Length.
12322.
High Bridge, New York.
12323.
High Bridge, New York. –No. 1. Showing the Top and Full Length.
12324.
Construction view of Brooklyn Bridge with men on walkways.
12327.
The Broadway Bridge.
12328.
The Broadway Bridge.
12336.
High Bridge, New York. Showing the Top and Full Length.
12337.
Harlem River RR Bridge, N.Y.
12344.
Untitled view of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Primarily roadway work remaining.
12356.
High Bridge-Croton Aqueduct.
12357.
Views in and about New York, 1859. The High Bridge over the Harlem River.
12358.
High Bridge.
12359.
High Bridge.
12360.
The Stupendous Croton Aqueduct. G.E. Pell’s Photo Glimpses of High Bridge, Harlem, New York City.
12361.
The Stupendous Croton Aqueduct. G.E. Pell’s Photo Glimpses of High Bridge, Harlem, New York City.
12362.
High Bridge.
12413.
Top View, High Bridge, NY.
12476.
Old Harlem Bridge.
12479.
St. Paul’s Church & Astor House, N.Y. Bridge across. (Broadway Bridge.)
12582.
Fulton Ferry House, Brooklyn. Brooklyn Bridge Tower under construction.
12634.
Brooklyn, from Prospect Park. Towers of Brooklyn Bridge under construction in the distance.
12657.
View from New York Bridge Tower.
12662.
No. 19. New York City from Towers of Brooklyn Bridge.
12718.
Harlem River, from High Bridge, N.Y.
12752.
High Bridge boat Sugar Lily.
12759.
Harlem River, East Shore, just below High Bridge. The label on verso indicates that this view was “Photographed by Chas. Wager Hull, Amateur, N.Y. And sold for the Benefit of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, Metropolitan Fair, April, 1864.”
12786.
588. 2nd Ave. Elevated R.R. Bridge, Harlem River, NY.
12815.
View from Brooklyn Bridge Tower.
12816.
View from New York Bridge Tower.
12831.
High Bridge, NY.
12832.
High Bridge Landing. Over Harlem River. Croton Aqueduct.
12833.
Section of High Bridge.
12941.
Beach Pneumatic Tunnel under Broadway. Inventor Alfred Ely Beach—who was also the editor of Scientific American—latched onto the idea of constructing a pneumatic railway, where steam-powered fans would create a vacuum, pushing and pulling cars through a tunnel. Inspired by successful pneumatic mail systems in London, in 1868, Beach convinced the state legislature to pass “An Act to provide for the transmission of letters, packages, and merchandise, in the cities of New York and Brooklyn, and across the North and East Rivers, by means of pneumatic tubes, to be constructed beneath the surface of the streets and public places in said cities, and under the waters of said rivers.” Beach then constructed one giant tube—ostensibly to hold all the smaller tubes—under the building between Warren and Murray streets where he had his offices. Instead of a pneumatic mail system, he built a one-block pneumatic passenger train. Beach hoped that this prototype would spur further interest and investment. He began taking passengers on the one-block ride in February 1870—the same month the elevated railway was supposed to finally begin operation. However, despite carrying 400,000 passengers over the next couple of years, Beach’s subway never progressed beyond its novelty beginnings.
12942.
Beach Pneumatic Tunnel under Broadway. Photographed at Night with Artificial Light.
12942.
Beach Pneumatic Tunnel under Broadway. Inventor Alfred Ely Beach—who was also the editor of Scientific American—latched onto the idea of constructing a pneumatic railway, where steam-powered fans would create a vacuum, pushing and pulling cars through a tunnel. Inspired by successful pneumatic mail systems in London, in 1868, Beach convinced the state legislature to pass “An Act to provide for the transmission of letters, packages, and merchandise, in the cities of New York and Brooklyn, and across the North and East Rivers, by means of pneumatic tubes, to be constructed beneath the surface of the streets and public places in said cities, and under the waters of said rivers.” Beach then constructed one giant tube—ostensibly to hold all the smaller tubes—under the building between Warren and Murray streets where he had his offices. Instead of a pneumatic mail system, he built a one-block pneumatic passenger train. Beach hoped that this prototype would spur further interest and investment. He began taking passengers on the one-block ride in February 1870—the same month the elevated railway was supposed to finally begin operation. However, despite carrying 400,000 passengers over the next couple of years, Beach’s subway never progressed beyond its novelty beginnings.
13006.
Brooklyn Bridge under construction.
13012.
The Approach to Brooklyn Bridge.
13014.
No. 139. View of Broadway Bridge, St. Pauls, and Astor House, NY City.
13019.
Looking West toward New York from Brooklyn Bridge.
20001.
13506-Looking across Brooklyn Bridge toward New York, N.Y.
20002.
Promenade, Brooklyn Bridge, New York.
20003.
Types of Life on the Promenade, Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y.
20004.
21. Along the Walk, Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y.
20005.
4977. Brooklyn Bridge, New York.
20006.
3565. Suspension Bridge and Brooklyn from New York City.
20007.
20. The Brooklyn Bridge, New York.
20008.
The Brooklyn Bridge (Cost $16,000,000), New York City.