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This Day In History: The Brooklyn Bridge opens. Friday, May 24, 2019. The Brooklyn Bridge opened on May 24, 1883. It's been called the "Eighth Wonder of the World," and on Friday the...
- The Man with The Plan
- A Perilous Process
- A Bridge Unveiled
John Augustus Roebling, the Brooklyn Bridge’s creator, was a great pioneer in the design of steel suspension bridges. Born in Germany in 1806, he studied industrial engineering in Berlin and at the age of 25 immigrated to western Pennsylvania, where he attempted, unsuccessfully, to make his living as a farmer. He later moved to the state capital in...
To achieve a solid foundation for the bridge, workers excavated the riverbed in massive wooden boxes called caissons. These airtight chambers were pinned to the river’s floor by enormous granite blocks; pressurized air was pumped in to keep water and debris out. Workers known as “sandhogs”—many of them immigrants earning about $2 a day—used shovels...
On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge over the East River opened, connecting the great cities of New York and Brooklyn for the first time in history. Thousands of residents of Brooklyn and Manhattan Island turned out to witness the dedication ceremony, which was presided over by President Chester A. Arthur and New York Governor Grover Cleveland. Emi...
The Opening of Brooklyn Bridge. 1883 Map View of Lower Manhattan, the Brooklyn Bridge, and Brooklyn, from a German Newspaper. (source) On Thursday 24 May 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge over the East River in New York was ceremoniously opened, attended by vast crowds there to see processions, decorations, a speech by President Arthur and addresses by ...
May 3, 2021 · 4. The impressive rail bridge, the longest over water in the world at 22,995 feet, had a total construction cost of $9,424,981, more than $3 million under its $13 million budget. 5. On Sept. 8, 1935, Senator Huey P. Long was shot in the state capitol building in Baton Rouge and died two days later. He did not live to see the completion of his ...
Nov 24, 2009 · The Brooklyn Bridge opened on May 24, 1883. Men and women stroll across the Brooklyn Bridge promenade circa 1898. Seven days after its grand unveiling, people thronged the bridge for a Memorial...
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Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. It was also the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time of its opening, with a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m) and a deck 127 ft (38.7 m) above mean high water.
May 24, 2012 · On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn with Manhattan, was opened to traffic with a celebration attended by dignitaries and Emily Roebling, the wife of the bridge’s main...
