The Old Print Shop

Highbridge, Harlem Rlver.

  • ARTIST: Charles Mielatz

  • MEDIUM: Etching,

    DATE: 1917

  • EDITION SIZE: Edition unknown. Image size 12 1/2 x 6 7/8" (250 x 175 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Construction of the High Bridge began in 1837 and finished in 1848, completing its end of the Croton Aqueduct . At the time it served as a major water source for the city of New York, and connected Manhattan to the Brox. The bridge was closed for nearly half a century before being re-opened to the public in 2015. <br><br>

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed in pencil. Brown and yellow ink.

  • CONDITION: Very good condition.

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