City of New York - 1877
Bird's-eye view of Lower Manhattan from Brooklyn. Illustration drawn and published by John Bachmann, 1877. Lithographer: Herman Bencke, New York.
The Brooklyn Bridge, known at the time as The Great East River Suspension Bridge over the East River, was under construction. It opened to traffic in 1883. The bridge to Queens (on the right), passing over the Blackwell's Island (now Roosevelt Island), was also planned. It opened to traffic in 1909, as the Queensboro Bridge.
The Statue of Liberty in the harbor, designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, was not there in 1877. The Statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886.
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City of New York - 1877
