Blasting of Flood Rock

Collection: This image is from the Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Photographs and is depicted in a glass plate negative, polyester negative, print, and digital image.; Image is part of the Jacob F. Wieners Photographs

Date: October 10, 1884; 1884-10-10 Material: unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver print Dimension: 8 x 10 inches (glass plate negative); 8 x 10 inches (negative); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Identifier: aql:11950 jfw-000278 jfw-000278.tif

Description: Hell Gate, a pass in the East River between New York City and Long Island, was hazardous to vessels due to rocks and reefs located mid-channel. "Flood Rock," one of the largest of the stony projections, was mined with forty-two thousand pounds of dynamite and one hundred and twenty tons of other explosives. Here, the photographer captures the explosion, on October 10, 1884. More than five hundred thousand tons of rock were loosened, allowing dredging to commence. A view of the river in the aftermath of the blast can be seen in record jfw-000447.

Title : Blasting of Flood Rock

Collection : aql:11775; vital:1

Creator : Jacob F. Wieners, Jr.

Date : October 10, 1884; 1884-10-10

Summary/Description : Hell Gate, a pass in the East River between New York City and Long Island, was hazardous to vessels due to rocks and reefs located mid-channel. "Flood Rock," one of the largest of the stony projections, was mined with forty-two thousand pounds of dynamite and one hundred and twenty tons of other explosives. Here, the photographer captures the explosion, on October 10, 1884. More than five hundred thousand tons of rock were loosened, allowing dredging to commence. A view of the river in the aftermath of the blast can be seen in record jfw-000447.

Subject : Blasting

Relation : This image is from the Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Photographs and is depicted in a glass plate negative, polyester negative, print, and digital image.; Image is part of the Jacob F. Wieners Photographs

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Hell Gate, East River, NY East River (N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : glass plate negative; black and white negative; black and white print; digital image

Format : unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver print; 8 x 10 inches (glass plate negative); 8 x 10 inches (negative); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:11950 jfw-000278 jfw-000278.tif