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Article & illustration about proposed North River Bridge. Published: New York Illustrated News, Vol. III, No. 106, Sat., Feb. 1, 1890.

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Scope and ContentArticle and illustration about the proposed North River Bridge. Published in New York Illustrated News, Vol. III, No. 106, Saturday, February 1, 1890. Full issue present; tabloid (10-3/4" x 15-3/8" high), 16 pp. Only cover, page 8 and a detail from pg 15 are imaged (enhanced - blue ink is very light.) This a very early view of a bridge designed by Gustav Lindenthal that was never built. ("A bridge that never was") Full page engraving on page 8 of the bridge and the Hoboken anchorage. No artist named. View is northeast. Captioned: The Most Mighty Engineering Feat of Bridge Building Known to the World. Congress Asked to Approve Project for Uniting Hoboken and New York City by Spanning the North River With a Monster Steel Structure. ---- Short article on page 15, second column, titled: The World's Greatest Bridge. ---- Full text of the article is in notes. It includes several categories of features and statistics comparing the Brooklyn Bridge to the North River Bridge.

Entry/Object ID

2013.005.0076

Acquisition

Accession

2013.005

Source or Donor

Lukacs, Claire

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1890 - 1890

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1890 Date(s): 1890

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

General Notes

Note

Notes: Archives 2013.005.0076 New York Illustrated News, Vol. III, No. 106, Saturday, February 1, 1890. ==== article page 15 The World's Greatest Bridge. (See Illustration on Page 8.) Nothing seems impossible of achievement in this age of science and progress. The bridging of the East River some years ago was considered the acme of engineering triumph, but now there is a project to far outdo even that amazing feat. It is intended to build a colossal bridge from Hoboken to Fourteenth street, New York, with the longest span of any bridge in the world, and with sufficient width to accommodate six railroad trains. Congress will be asked to sanction the building of the structure, which will be higher than the Brooklyn Bridge and much more ornamental. Here are the dimensions of the two bridges: Brooklyn Bridge. North River Bridge. Length, including anchorage, feet. 3,700 6,500 Height of anchorages, feet.............. 85 210 Weight of each anchorage, tons.. 60,000 660,000 Length of each land span, feet... 930 1,500 Length of middle span, feet...... 1,600 2,850 Size of towers at high water mark, feet............................... 140x59 340x180 Height of towers from high water mark, feet.......................................... 272 500 Height of towers from deepest foundation to top, feet.................. 350 690 Width of bridge, feet...... .......... 85 86 Height above high water, feet.... 135 155 Number of cables................................ 4 4 Length of one cable, feet........ 3,580 6,100 Finished diameter of cables, inches 15 1/2 48 Number of railroad tracks................ 2 6 to 10 Grade of bridge, per cent.............. 3 1/4 1 5-10 Allowable speed of trains, miles an hour................................................ 10 30 Cost from anchorage to anchorage, exclusive of land damages...... $5,600,000 $16,000,000 ==== ==== Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2013-04-07

pg 8 illustration: (North River Bridge, designer Gustav Lindenthal)