Hell Gate After Blasting

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:12182 jfw-000447 jfw-000447.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. This is a view of the river as it appeared after the blast. The explosion itself was also captured by the photographer, and can be seen in records jfw-000278 and jfw-000279.

Title : Hell Gate After Blasting

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. This is a view of the river as it appeared after the blast. The explosion itself was also captured by the photographer, and can be seen in records jfw-000278 and jfw-000279.

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:12182 jfw-000447 jfw-000447.tif