Brooklyn Bridge Footpath

Brooklyn Bridge: The Footpath, 1877

Schell & Logan. Engraving: Harper's Weekly; March 31, 1877.

A view of the wooden pathway leading up to the Brooklyn Tower of the great Brooklyn Bridge. It is not certain what the function of the footbridge was, but it can be speculated that it was needed to get the heavy cables strung.

This Brooklyn Bridge Footpath image is part of the "Vintage New York" exhibit, created by the New Rochelle Council on The Arts (NRCA); Thea Eichler, Program Chairman; with the assistance a grant from the Michael and Helen Schaffer Foundation. © All images in this exhibit are the property of their respective copyright holders, and may not be reproduced without permission.