Moving the 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
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Date: 1888
Material: gelatin silver prints Dimension:
2 5/8 x 6 1/4 inches (print); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: William J. Rugen
Identifier: aql:15398 wjr-000689 wjr-000689.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 similar view is seen in wjr-000891.
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 similar view is seen in wjr-000891.
Subject :
Locomotives; Hotels; Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Rail Road Company
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 prints; digital image
Format :
gelatin silver prints; 2 5/8 x 6 1/4 inches (print); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Identifier :
aql:15398 wjr-000689 wjr-000689.tif
Subject:
Locomotives; Hotels; Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Rail Road Company
Locomotives; Hotels; Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Rail Road Company
Rights Notice
Copyright holder unknown
Copyright holder unknown
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