Description
This is a detail from a plaque on the south side of the Valhalla
Railroad Bridge that commemorates the completion of the Bronx River
Parkway. The plaque lists the following instrumental individuals:
"MADISON GRANT – PRESIDENT - 1907-1925; WILLIAM W. NILES
– VICE PRES’T 1907-1925; JAMES G. CANNON – TREASURER
-1907-1916; FRANK H. BETHELL – TREASURER – 1916-1925;
JAY DOWNER – CHIEF ENGINEER; L. G. HOLLERAN – DEPUTY
CHIEF ENG’R; H. W. MERKEL – LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT; THEODOSIUS
STEVENS – COUNSEL." It then states the following facts
about the project, "LENGTH OF PARKWAY 16 miles; AREA 1200 ACRES;
370 OLD BUILDINGS REMOVED; FIVE MILES OF BILLBOARDS REMOVED; TWO
MILLION CUBIC YARDS EXCAVATED AND SURFACE RECOVERED WITH TOP SOIL;
30,000 TREES & 140,000 SHRUBS PLANTED; THIRTY-SEVEN BRIDGES
AND VIADUCTS BUILT AND SIXTY FOOT BRIDGES; THE RIVER CLEARED OF
POLLUTION AND THE NATURAL VALLEY RESTORED." Location of photograph:
Valhalla - New York. |
