#OTD in 1938
(East River nocturne)
Cover of The New Yorker, March 26, 1938
Adolph K. Kronengold
#TheNewYorkerCover #AdolphKronengold #EastRiver #bridges #suspensionbridges #NYHarbor

knowledge to produce a bridge like this.’
Eugene Dietzgen Co. 'Precision Equipment & Supplies for #Engineers, #Architects, #Draftsmen, #Surveyors & #Scientists'
#industrialsublime #illustrationart #engineering #suspensionbridges #Dietzgen #EugeneDietzgenCo #infrastructure

#OTD in 1936
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Bird’s-eye view of the new (July 1936) #TriboroughBridge - the cover strap as a waving banner bearing the seal of New York City
#TheNewYorkerCover, August 22, 1936
Ilonka Karasz
#IlonkaKarasz #suspensionbridges #NewYorkHarbor #PWA #TheNewDeal

The oldest wooden suspension bridge still in use by the National Park Service in #RainierNationalPark.

#eastcoastkin #bskyphotography #raindagger #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #colorphotography #SuspensionBridges #WoodenBridges

Now it's a new month it's time for #AbstractAug and the theme of #Lines which the Humber Bridge has lots of with the #Wires coming down from the main cables to the roadway.

#EastCoastKin #photography #Bridges #Roads #streetphotography #SuspensionBridges

allow passage for all types of vessels. ...’
‘Chrysler Power Helps Speed Great Projects ... like the longest bridge in the world’
#Chrysler Industrial #Engines July 1954
‘Horsepower with a Pedigree’
#illustrationart #engineering #infrastructure #MackinacBridge #SuspensionBridges #Horsepower

In #July 1935
‘Closeup view taken by the #airship #USSAkron of #YerbaBuenaIsland to document progress of the construction of the #SanFranciscoOaklandBayBridge. #USNavy photograph dates from mid July 1935.’
#aerialphotography #BayBridge #suspensionbridges

#OTD #TDIH #July1, 1940 #GallopingGertie ( #TacomaNarrowsBridge ) opens over #PugetSound. #EngineeringDisasters #SuspensionBridges #EngineeringErrors #EngineeringFailures #BridgeDisasters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zc...

#OTD in 1908
Manhattan Bridge under construction. June 5, 1908. NYC Municipal Archives.
#construction #engineering #suspensionbridges #ManhattanBridge #Manhattan

#OTD in 1938
(East River nocturne)
Cover of The New Yorker, March 26, 1938
Adolph K. Kronengold
#TheNewYorkerCover #AdolphKronengold #EastRiver #bridges #suspensionbridges #NYHarbor

Les encantan los #PuentesColgantes aquí en el #EjeCafetero! They sure love their #SuspensionBridges here! 🌉

Smithsonian American Art Museum. Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
#CecilChichester #PWAP #AmericanArt #TheNewDeal #PublicWorksOfArtProject #GreatDepression #HudsonValley #suspensionbridges #landscape

For the #WINTER of 1933-1934 - the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP)
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‘Mid-Hudson Bridge – Winter’
Cecil Chichester (b. NY, NY 1891). Oil on canvas. 1934.
#CecilChichester #PWAP #AmericanArt #TheNewDeal #HudsonValley #suspensionbridges

knowledge to produce a bridge like this.’
Eugene Dietzgen Co. 'Precision Equipment & Supplies for #Engineers, #Architects, #Draftsmen, #Surveyors & #Scientists'
#industrialsublime #illustrationart #engineering #suspensionbridges #Dietzgen #EugeneDietzgenCo #infrastructure

In #Vancouver, my wife and I took the bus, @SeaBus, and another bus to Lynn Canyon. #TransitThursday #waterfalls #suspensionbridges #win