Bridges over East River - Early 20th Century

Vintage photo, original title: Looking east from the Singer Tower, New York, N.Y. Published by Detroit Publishing Co. circa 1909. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Three bridges over East River are shown: Brooklyn Bridge, completed in 1883, Manhattan Bridge, completed in 1909, and Williamsburg Bridge, completed in 1903, in the distance. Despite its name, the East River is actually a saltwater tidal strait, which connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end.

East River and Williamsburg Bridge, from Brooklyn Tower of Brooklyn Bridge - 1907.