![]() ![]() John Roebling was ably assisted by his son Washington, who took over He faced mostly stemmed from corruption recall that this was Tammany To bear significantly greater weight, was made possible by the steel cabling The structure, much longer than any prior suspension bridge and required The design for the project and the initial phases of buildingĪre largely the product of one unusual man, John Rebelling. Had to be physically joined to Manhattan to keep pace in the emerging industrial The recognition on the part of the powers that be in Brooklyn that they With the post-Civil War social milieu that gave rise to the project and In this outstanding book, McCullough tells that tale-of how the bridgeĬame to be built (from 1869 to 1883) and of the extraordinary difficulties,īoth man-made and natural, that had to be overcome. The Bridge is such an obvious throwback, with its stonework, web of steelĬables, and gothic arches, it just looks like it has a tale to tell. In a city which long ago came to be dominated by modernistic skyscrapers, ![]() So I, like David McCullough, and Ken Burns who made a niceįilm about it, and many New Yorkers, have always loved the Bridge. Several times he took us to walk across the Brooklynīridge, which we often drove over when we went to visit them from New Jersey. Landmarks by the now largely forgotten artist J oseph His apartment walls were lined with etchings of the city's buildings and My grandfather spent his whole life in Brooklyn and he loved the place. ![]()
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