Brooklyn Bridge

Held in 1883, President Chester Arthur presided over the ceremony to officially dedicate the Brooklyn Bridge. 

Just across the Brooklyn bridge, the quiet tree-lined streets and perfectly preserved brownstones of Brooklyn Heights make you wonder why anyone would want to live in noisy Manhattan. A walk along Brooklyn Height s Promenade affords aweinspiring views of the Manhattan skyline. 

The workers who built the underwater foundations of the Brooklyn Bridge often experienced excruciating pain when they returned to the surface of the Hudson River. It caused them to double over, a little like the bustle-wearing women... 

Corrosion concerns on cable-supported structures have been present from the early design. For example, galvanized zinc coating of the wires was used on the Brooklyn Bridge, which was completed in 1883. At that time, it was a standard practice to coat the wire with linseed oil, circumferentially wrap the assembled cable with soft galvanized wire laid into red lead paste, and to paint the finished cable. 

Flaw, Richard. Art of the Brooklyn Bridge A Visual History. New York Roudedge, 2007. A visually interesting compilation of artists renderings of the Brooklyn Bridge, contributing to the idea that bridges are artful as weU as functional. 

When the Brooklyn Bridge was huUt over the East River in New York City (1870-1883), its suspension span of 1,595 feet was the longest in the world. It remained the longest suspension bridge in North America until the WUliamshurg Bridge was completed in New York City in 1903. The Brooklyn Bridge joined Brooklyn and Manhattan, and helped estahlish the New York City Metropolitan Area. 

Figure 1 The Brooklyn Bridge An Example of a Pioneering and Sustained Urban Infrastructure...

FIGURE 3.4 Brooklyn Bridge, New York. (Courtesy of Charles Seim.)... 

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