1904 Print Antique East River Bridge Williamsburg Fire Roebling Cable TSM1 ARC3 produced by Robert Fellows

produced by Robert Fellows

Amedee Forestier (1854 Ð 1930) was an Anglo-French artist and illustrator who specialized in historical scenes and landscapes

This is extremely difficult to do with wood engravings

This is an original 1924 photogravure of the Courtyard of the Great Mosque in Kairouan

New Guinea and the Coral Sea as well as various others

1904 Print Antique East River Bridge Williamsburg Fire Roebling Cable TSM1 ARC3 produced by Robert FellowsThis is an original 1904 halftone print of the 1902 East River Bridge Fire in New York. Today, the bridge has been dubbed the Williamsburg Bridge, and spans the East River to connect Manhattan to the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The 1902 fire began in a worker shack and spread to the cables and foot walks. Damage was minimal, so the Roebling Company, which was in charge of the woven cables and rope, simply spliced new wires