Mar 22, 2007 - Sale 2108

Sale 2108 - Lot 226

Price Realized: $ 156
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(NEW YORK CITY.) Martin, C. C. Report of the Chief Engineer and Superintendent of the New York & Brooklyn Bridge. 4 folding tables, folding cross section of the Brooklyn Bridge. 8vo, disbound, remnants of front wrapper present. Brooklyn: Eagle Book, 1884

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This report, issued by the bridge's chief engineer, covers its first year of operation. Among the notable events and massive weight loads endured by the bridge mentioned in the report is a "procession of twenty-eight elephants, including Jumbo." Also discussed are plans to install electrical lights on the bridge.