Bulkeley Bridge Construction: Retaining Walls, looking North, Hartford, June 27, 1907
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1907
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 5/16 x 8 1/4in. (16 x 21cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Object number1967.96.80
DescriptionOne of the partially completed granite abutments of the Bulkeley Bridge is at the far right. A man with a bicycle, blurred from movement, is on a wooden bridge in the foreground. A barrel is on a concrete abutment at the left. Freight cars are on railroad tracks on the embankment. In the left background is the Pleasant Street freight yard and depot. Piles of lumber, stone, construction equipment and utility poles are visible. The building with a smokestack in the right background is the old Hartford Water Works. Riverside Park is beyond.
NotesSubject Note: Construction at the western approach to the Bulkeley Bridge was begun early in 1904 and continued until December 1907.Status
Not on view
