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She Was One Of The Most Influential People In The Construction Of The Brooklyn Bridge, Overseeing The Completion Of The Project After Her Husband Became Ill An…
The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge had a horrible start. John, who designed the bridge, as he is famous for designing ...
Curbed on MSN7mon
What Did Brooklyn Bridge Park Get So Right?
Improbably, Brooklyn Bridge Park exists ... first Dutch settlement on Governors Island to skyscrapers still under construction. Within that immensity, Van Valkenburgh’s team fashioned pockets ...
PBS13y
Spinning the Cables
The well-known engineering company of John Roebling and Sons oversaw the cable construction. Roebling had built many of the world's longest bridges -- including the Brooklyn Bridge, 52 years earlier.
CBC.ca4y
Jumbo’s stroll over New York’s Brooklyn Bridge
The ‘world’s biggest elephant’ helped to raise awareness about the famous bridge’s safety, while also promoting P.T. Barnum’s circus. Following 13 years of construction, New York’s ...
Charlotte Observer1mon
Charlotte City Council approves contract for Rail Trail Bridge with opening date pushed
The Charlotte City Council unanimously approved on Monday a construction ... run from the Blue Line’s Brooklyn Village Station to under the East Morehead Street bridge north of Carson Street ...