Submarine Mining Operations at Hallet's Point (Hell Gate).

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• PUBLISHER: Published by Harper's Weekly, September 23, 1871.

• MEDIUM: Wood engraving,

  DATE: 1871.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 13 7/8 x 9 3/16" (35.2 x 23.3 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: Said to be the largest engineering feat taken on - for the safe passage through 'Hell Gate' where the combination of rocks (reef) and tides 'damaged one out of every fifty boats' that entered the area. Explosives were placed in the tunnels to break up the 'reef' to a movable size. Upon completion, this part of the river was 26 feet deep - and far safer to navagate.

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• CONDITION: Good condition. Modern handcoloring.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , New York City - Under $300 , Harbor Scenes