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This is a deeply researched history of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. There were a few somewhat technical descriptions of bridge building methods in the book but they were few and far between. I learned about the main considerations of what needed to be done to build a suspension bridge circa 1865-1875 (approximately) and what types of people could make that happen.
The designer of the bridge was injured on the job before the project ever got started. His son, a well-trained engineer, was h ...more
The designer of the bridge was injured on the job before the project ever got started. His son, a well-trained engineer, was h ...more
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