Wood plaquette commemorating the building of the Brooklyn Bridge

1883

Medium: Wood
Dimensions: 105 mm × 69 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.29599
Geography: Made in United States
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: LORD & TAYLOR over view of East River Bridge

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: 12-line statistics of the span, names of New York and Brooklyn Mayors Franklin Edson and Seth Low. COST $15,000,000. COMMENCED JAN. 3. 1870. OPENED MAY 24. 1883 LENGTH 5988' WIDTH 85' NEW YORK APPROACH 2492' BROOKLYN APPROACH 1901' CENTRE SPAN 1595 1/2' THICKNESS OF CABLES 15 1/2' HEIGHT ABOVE HIGH WATER TOWERS 276 2/3' ROADWAY 118' CENTRE SPAN 135, NEW YORK MAYOR: FRANKLIN EDSON. ENGINEERS: JOHN A. ROEBLING. WASHINGTON A. ROEBLING. BROOKLYN MAYOR: SETH LOW.

Provenance

Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

plaquettes

Subject

Brooklyn Bridge bridges (built works)

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