Locomotive at Brighton Beach Hotel

Collection: This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in prints, and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Date: 1888 Material: gelatin silver print Dimension: 2 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: William J. Rugen Identifier: aql:15271 wjr-000691 wjr-000691.tif

Description: April 3, 1888, was moving day for the Hotel Brighton, a.k.a. the Brighton Beach Hotel. The beach was eroding and waves were lapping at the doors of the hotel. Something had to be done as the building was in danger of being swept out to sea. Its owner decided to save his hotel. He contracted the Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Rail Road Company to lay 24 tracks under the 174-room, 3-story hotel and load it on 112 cars for movement 600 feet further inland. The work was supervised by house movers B. C Miller & Son. The hotel survived at its new location until it was demolished in 1923. A wider view of the entire scene is seen in wjr-000689.

Title : Locomotive at Brighton Beach Hotel

Collection : aql:9443

Creator : William J. Rugen

Date : 1888

Summary/Description : April 3, 1888, was moving day for the Hotel Brighton, a.k.a. the Brighton Beach Hotel. The beach was eroding and waves were lapping at the doors of the hotel. Something had to be done as the building was in danger of being swept out to sea. Its owner decided to save his hotel. He contracted the Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Rail Road Company to lay 24 tracks under the 174-room, 3-story hotel and load it on 112 cars for movement 600 feet further inland. The work was supervised by house movers B. C Miller & Son. The hotel survived at its new location until it was demolished in 1923. A wider view of the entire scene is seen in wjr-000689.

Subject : Locomotives; Hotels; Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway

Relation : This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in prints, and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Brighton Beach Avenue near Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black and white print; digital image

Format : gelatin silver print; 2 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:15271 wjr-000691 wjr-000691.tif