Hell Gate Bridge / View showing Hinges at support / 1914-1916
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- Title
- Hell Gate Bridge
- View showing Hinges at support
- Date
- 1914-1916
- Country
- United States
- Current Site
- New York
- Work Type
- Transportation Facilities
- Sub-heading
- Bridges; Aqueducts
- Notes
- Completed in 1916, the Hell Gate Bridge crosses the East River at Hell Gate. It was designed as a four-track railway bridge by Gustav Lindenthal for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Lindenthal served as consulting engineer for the bridge's construction, which began in 1914, with the help of Othmar Ammann as assistant chief engineer. Little Hell Gate was built to cross the water between Wards and Randalls Island.
- Accession
- LS017916
- View / Detail
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- Originating Collection
- Department of Civil Engineering, University of Michigan
- Slide Producer
- G. R. Swain, Latin Dept. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Date Added/Updated
- 2012-11-26 03:34:53
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- 2531 x 3301
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- LS017916
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/u/ummu2ic/x-ls017916/ls017916
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"Hell Gate Bridge; View showing Hinges at support; 1914-1916." In the digital collection Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/u/ummu2ic/x-ls017916/ls017916. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.