Name/Title
Sign ShatteredEntry/Object ID
2018.039.043Description
Black and white photograph of the cement counterweight and sign over the Causeway bridge being destroyed. The view is from the South River side of the bridge looking towards Sayreville. Portions of the sign are still decipherable, 'Sayreville, Home of Nationally Known Industries, All Munic[ipal Services Low Taxes], "Where [Industry Prospers].""
The back of the photograph has a handwritten note that reads, "Sayreville, Sign Shattered." A date is also stamped in red, "Oct 31,1966."
A similar photograph was used in an October 25, 1966 article in the Daily Home News with the caption, "Explosive situation - Dynamite charges shatter portions of the counterweight of the Causeway bridge, linking South River and Sayreville, as repairs go forward on the drawbridge damaged Oct. 4 when a barge banged into its lifting mechanism." ["New Problems Crop Up To Block Bridge Traffic," Daily Home News, Oct. 25, 1966, p. 1]
Measures 10" x 8".Photograph Details
Subject Place
Bridge
Causeway BridgeRiver
South River [River]City
South RiverState/Province
New JerseyCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaAcquisition
Accession
2018.039Source or Donor
Home News TribuneAcquisition Method
Collected by StaffMade/Created
Date made
Oct 1966Time Period
20th CenturyLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Hub SortingOther Number
006.bridge.001
