BROOKLYN BRIDGE AND THE EAST RIVER N.Y. C1883 In Gallery / WORKING PORTS

BROOKLYN BRIDGE AND THE EAST RIVER N.Y. C1883

We look down Pier 27 and across the East River to Brooklyn. On the right is a three masted barque unloading baulks of timber from her bows and bales from her cargo holds with the aid of a donkey engine. On the pier, an engineer is measuring a length of chain. Behind him is a portable workshop used to make or repair barrels on sit...