Highland Bridge, Peekskill, N.Y.

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  SKU: 48229

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• MEDIUM: Chromolithograph.

  DATE: c.1890.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 11 x 23" ( 279 x 584mm) plus title and margins.

• DESCRIPTION: A projected view of the finished project. The bridge was never completed. The title continues with, " Now being built across the Hudson River on the line of The Hudson Suspension Bridge & New England Railway. Clear space between towers 1620 feet, Distance between centers of towers 1680 feet, Height of track above high water at the towers 195 feet, Height of towers above water 325 feet, Clear headway from the river 170 feet, Double track Railway standard gauge (4 feet 8 3/4 inches) on upper deck, wagon road and foot way on lower deck, Distance from anchor pit to anchor pit 2850 feet, Strength of Bridge safe working load for river span 6500 tons, Safe working load for the whole Bridge distributed 10970 tons." The L.W. Ahrens Stationary & Printing Co. 85 Liberty St. N.Y. Lake Frederick, now part of West Point, was created becasue of this project, which was a tunnel and bridge meant to connect the east and west sides of the Hudson. When the project was abandoned the tunnel under the mountain filled with water, creating Lake Frederick.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition and color save for some toning and small tears in margins.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - United States , New York State