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CEREMONIES
DURING THE BRIDGE'S CONSTRUCTION |
| Naming
The
Italian Historical Society of America campaigned for naming the
bridge after Giovanni da Verrazano, who, in 1524, was the first
European explorer to sail into New York Harbor. Other names advocated
for were: The Gateway Bridge, Freedom Bridge, Neptune Bridge,
New World Bridge, and The Narrows Bridge.
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Ground
Breaking Ceremony, [August 13, 1959]
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| Guthridge,
Richard C.. New York City: Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Ground
Breaking August 13, 1959. New York: Triborogh Bridge and
Tunnel Authority, 1959. Front cover. Archives & Special
Collections, Department of the Library, College of Staten
Island, CUNY, Staten Island, New York. |
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| Guthridge,
Richard C.. New York City: Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Ground
Breaking August 13, 1959. New York: Triborogh Bridge and
Tunnel Authority, 1959. Back cover. Archives & Special Collections,
Department of the Library, College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten
Island, New York. |
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| Cable
Spinning, [March 7, 1963] |
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| Triborough
Bridges and Tunnels Authority. First Cable Spinning, Verrazano-Narrows
Bridge. New York: Triborough Bridges and Tunnels Authority,
1963. Archives & Special Collections, Department of the
Library, College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, New
York. |
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Bridge
Dedication, [November 21, 1964]
"For
more than four years the fabled Statue of Liberty...has watched
with fascination the spinning of cables of this new Colossus which
has dwarfed navies and cargos of commerce and brought a new dimension
to the greatest seaport in the world."
Robert Moses, November 21, 1964 |
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| Triborough
Bridge and Tunnel Association. Spanning the Narrows. New
York: Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, 1964. Archives
& Special Collections, Department of the Library, College
of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, New York. |
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| Triborough
Bridge and Tunnel Association. Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Dedication,
November 21, 1964. New York: Triborough Bridge and Tunnel
Authority, 1964. Archives & Special Collections, Department
of the Library, College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island,
New York. |
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| Triborough
Bridge and Tunnel Association. Spanning the Narrows.
New York: Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, 1964. Archives
& Special Collections, Department of the Library, College
of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, New York. |
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| Opening
ceremony invitation. Archives & Special Collections, Department
of the Library, College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island,
New York. |
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| Opening
ceremony invitation to special guests. Archives & Special
Collections, Department of the Library, College of Staten Island,
CUNY, Staten Island, New York. |
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| Map
included with opening ceremony invitation. Archives &
Special Collections, Department of the Library, College of
Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, New York. |
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| United
States Steel. The Story of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
Archives & Special Collections, Department of the Library,
College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, New York. |
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| United
States Steel. The Story of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
Archives & Special Collections, Department of the Library,
College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, New York. |
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Medal awarded to
the builders of the the bridge in 1964, front. MTA Bridges
and Tunnels Special Archive. |
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| Medal
awarded to the builders of the the bridge in 1964, back. MTA
Bridges and Tunnels Special Archive. |
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