Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge., 1878-1879

1878-1879

Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge.

The Brooklyn Bridge under construction, with the "Catwalk" and Manhattan anchorage in the foreground. Also shown is a general view westward over the City Hall and Printing House Square area, to the Hudson River, with its Jersey shore line just beyond. Note how the U.S. Post Office and the Tribune Buildings predominated at this date. About 1878-1879. Ewing Galloway.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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