"Design for a Tubular Wrought Iron Tunnel to connect the Cities of New York and Brooklyn"
"Design for a Tubular Wrought Iron Tunnel to connect the Cities of New York and Brooklyn"
Designed by Richard Foley and Edwin Ferguson, 1867
Ink with collage element cut from lithograph with wash
8" x 7 3/4"
National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Legislative Records, exhibited with permission of the U.S. Senate

Tunnels and Bridges for New York: East River Tunnel
This drawing shows the interior arrangements for a proposed tunnel under the East River to connect the cities of New York and Brooklyn. It was to have a carriageway in the center flanked by railways and footpaths. The proposed toll charges would be no more than 1 cent per pedestrian, 3 cents per head for cattle and horses, 5 cents for each saddle horse and rider, and 6 cents for a single wagon and horse. Today tunnels link various parts of New York City, but this tunnel was never built.

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