Ride Inspector Size:20" x 25" Roebling's Brooklyn Bridge was still

Roebling's Brooklyn Bridge was still unfinished when these men posed - the engineers and foremen on one side

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Ride Inspector Size:20" x 25" Roebling's Brooklyn Bridge was stillIt was a tough job, but someone had to do it. For many years, inspector kept "an official municipal eye" on Coney Island, documenting safety concerns across 120 rides. When our photographer Neal Boenzi took this picture in 1959, the inspector, then 62, was beginning his 20th year on the job and he "still enjoys the rides as much as any boy." The inspector had formed strong opinions. The Cyclone and the parachute jump at Steeplechase Park were his