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4 giorni fa · Abram Hewitt, an alum and trustee of Columbia, salvaged gates from the campuses and brought them to his estate in New Jersey. When Abram’s son Erskine Hewitt donated Ringwood to the State of...
4 giorni fa · Back in 1883, New York City Congressman Abram Hewitt announced at the opening that Roebling would “be inseparably associated with all that is admirable in human nature and all that is wonderful...
16 mag 2024 · Today, on the 140th anniversary of the bridge’s 1883 opening, we look back at Emily’s incredible life! 1. She Served as a “Surrogate Chief Engineer” and Completed the Brooklyn Bridge ...
3 giorni fa · THE New York Surrogates’ Court is one of the most extravagant Beaux Arts buildings in NYC and one building I’d really like to enter one day to see the fantastic interiors. It was constructed from 1899-1907 (Horgan and Slattery and John R. Thomas) and was originally the Hall of Records, the place you wrote to to obtain tax photos of nearly ...
1 giorno fa · Roosevelt accepted the nomination despite having little hope of winning the race against United Labor Party candidate Henry George and Democratic candidate Abram Hewitt. Roosevelt campaigned hard for the position, but Hewitt won with 41% (90,552 votes), taking the votes of many Republicans who feared George's radical policies.
19 ore fa · In January 1877, a contract for crucible steel was awarded to J. Lloyd Haigh, who was associated with bridge trustee Abram Hewitt, whom Roebling distrusted. The spinning of the wires required the manufacture of large coils of it which were galvanized but not oiled when they left the factory.
2 giorni fa · Ultimately, the parks were established despite the objections of major figures like Mayors William Russell Grace and Abram Hewitt; Comptroller Edward V. Loew; and Assemblymen Henry Bergh and Theodore Roosevelt. Remains of the New York and Putnam Railroad, Van Cortlandt Station inside the park
