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Artist
- Name:
- Unknown
Illustration
- Subject:
- Science & technology
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- The Mugar Memorial Library, The Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics, vol. 1
- Author(s):
- Benjamin, Park (editor)
- Publisher:
- New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1880
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
A worker lays a cable at the top of one of the piers of the Brooklyn bridge. The pulleys resting on the saddle will be removed when the operation is completed, and the yoke, suspended above, will be lowered.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, Appletons' cyclopaedia..., black & white, bridge, North America, reference book, US, working
