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Title: New York
Year: 1909 (1900s)
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Publisher: (Portland, Me.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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PARK ROW ENTRANCE TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE during the rush hours offers a scene unequalled anywhere. Hundreds of thousands of human beingscrush and struggle in the general mix-up of vehicles and trolley-cars, striving to board a home conveyance. The daily rush has been relieved to some extent sincethe openmg of the Williamsburg and Blackvuells Island bridges, and will grow still less strenuous when the Manhattan bridge, now in process of erection is com-pleted. At the right in the view is the entrance to the tall Pulitzer Building, the home of the great newspaper, The New York World ■^^W^^^IIPIWIWiW
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THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. Stretches from opposite City Hall Park to Fulton and Sand Streets. Brooklyn. This magnificent bridge was begun in 1870 andopened to the public in 1883, Cost $21,000,000. It consists of a central river span 1.595 feet long and two land spans, with a total length between terminals of7.580 feet. The bridgeway carries two cable and two trolley car tracks, two wagon ways and a footpath. 4.000 cars and 2,000 vehicles pass cast and west everyday. The average number of passengers in twenty-four hours is 300.000. It is estimated that about 5.000.000,000 people have used this bridge since its opening.

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