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My 2nd colorization. I just love this photo. Willian Henry Jackson had an incredible eye. View full size.
The steel arch (1927) and most of stone upper deck are being renovated as we speak (6-2013) - making way for a new walking bridge.
What you're looking at is the Harlem River looking south under Washington Bridge (completed in 1888) at Highbridge (completed in 1848). The rocks on the right are on the island of Manhattan. Across the water to the left is the Bronx. I would guess the photo was taken from about the same location of present-day 183rd Street in Manhattan, if it were to run to the water's edge.
Highbridge still stands, but in approx. 1928 most of the masonry arches were replaced by a large steel arch for ease of navigation. In between the two bridges picutered now stands the Alexander Hamilton Bridge.
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