Historic Photos of the Brooklyn Bridge

Name: Historic Photos of the Brooklyn Bridge
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ISBN: 9781596525252

ISBN-10: 1596525258

ISBN-13: 9781596525252

Edition: 2009

Authors: John B. Manbeck

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The Brooklyn Bridge resounds throughout popular culture as an iconic image. Yet its creation was fraught with turmoil. Working with the relatively untested theory of suspension, John Roebling designed a suspension bridge modeled after his Cincinnati-Covington Bridge, but he died before construction even began. His son Washington then accepted the challenge¿only to end up paralyzed while working on the bridge. However, with his strong-willed perseverance and help from his wife, he drove the project through to completion. As the only bridge connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan at the time, the Brooklyn Bridge carried half a million people daily. The photographs in Historic Photos of the Brooklyn…

Book details

List price: $41.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Publication date: 9/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 206
Size: 10.34" wide x 10.24" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 2.750
Language: English