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The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River.
The Carroll Street Bridge in Gowanus, Brooklyn: Third Street Bridge: 1905 [10] 350 feet: Third Street: Ninth Street Bridge: 1999 [10] 700 feet: Ninth Street: Vertical Lift Bridge Ninth Street Bridge, spanning Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn: Culver Viaduct: 1933 [12] 0.6 miles trains: passes over the Ninth Street Bridge, carrying 4 tracks, 2 express ...
George C. Parker (March 16, 1860 [1] – 1937) was an American con man best known for his repeated successes "selling" the Brooklyn Bridge.He made his living conducting illegal sales of property he did not own, often New York's public landmarks, to unwary immigrants.
John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer. [1] He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge is a 1972 book about the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge written by popular historian David McCullough. It provides a history of the engineering that went into the building of the bridge as well as the toils John A. Roebling , the designer of the bridge, went through ...
A long-closed plot of land under the Brooklyn Bridge has reopened to the public after 15 years — restoring another slice of greenspace for one of the city’s most crowded neighborhoods.
A tugboat containing spectators for the jump sailed to within a hundred yards of the bridge, with a rescue swimmer hired by Odlum on board. [10] Odlum jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge at 5:35 p.m. [2] A strong wind was blowing when Odlum jumped and seemed to turn him slightly in the air. As a result, he struck the water at an angle, hitting the ...
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