JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
This dramatic image of the foundations of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge (and then the East River Bridge, and then in 1915 the Brooklyn Bridge) appears in the journal Engineering for April 11, 1873. It is a massive structure, and like a tree there is as much going on for it underground as there is above; and in all of that, one of the most interesting elements is the pile of barrels in the foreground, a detail of which is below:
Frankly I’m a little surprised at their state, disheveled and open and spilling here and there. Why not keep them in order of some sort?
And the full image, featuring the granite that was moved by schooner down along the coast all the way from Vinalhaven Island, Maine:
