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Ratliff, Thomas M.

You wouldn't want to work on the Brooklyn Bridge! : an enormous project that seemed impossible - New York : Franklin Watts, 2010. - 32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm. - You wouldn't want to . - You wouldn't want to-- .

Includes index and glossary.

John Augustus Roebling -- Why does Brooklyn need a bridge? -- Why a suspension bridge? -- Digging underwater -- The perils of digging deeper -- Emily Roebling saves the day -- Tower construction -- Holding the bridge in place -- Holding up the bridge -- The wire rope scandal -- Suspending the roadway -- The grand opening!

Profiles the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and why you wouldn't have wanted to work on it!

ISBN: 9780531213285 0531213285 9780531205198 0531205193

LCCN: 2009010802

Subjects--Personal Names:
Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926 --Juvenile literature.
Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Suspension bridges--Design and construction--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile literature.
Suspension bridges--Design and construction.--New York (State)--New York

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)--History--Juvenile literature.
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)--History.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.
Juvenile works.

LC Class. No.: TG25.N53 / R38 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 624.2/3097471