THE

WASHINGTON BRIDGE

OVER THE HARLEM RIVER, AT 181ST STREET, NEW YORK CITY.

A DESCRIPTION OF ITS CONSTRUCTION

BY

WILLIAM R. HUTTON,

CHIEF ENGINEER,

Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and Société des Ingénieurs Civils of France.

ILLUSTRATED

WITH TWENTY-SIX ALBERTYPES, AND THIRTY-SEVEN DOUBLE AND SINGLE PAGE

LITHOGRAPHS.

LEO VON ROSENBERG,

35, BROADWAY, NEW YORK.

20996 SPR •VJ27

THE

WASHINGTON BRIDGE.

(KNOWN DURING CONSTRUCTION AS HARLEM RIVER BRIDGE, AND MANHATTAN BRIDGE.)