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General view - Lower Manhattan.

1870

General view - Lower Manhattan.

General View: Lower Manhatten, showing Piers of Brooklyn Bridge. Work began about 1870, and taking 13 years to complete Bridge, Roeblings: Engineers. Urbrocks Collection

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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