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You wouldn't want to work on the Brooklyn Bridge! : an enormous project that seemed impossible

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: You wouldn't want to--Publication details: New York : Franklin Watts, 2010.Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780531213285
  • 0531213285
  • 9780531205198
  • 0531205193
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 624.2/3097471 22
LOC classification:
  • TG25.N53 R38 2009
Contents:
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!
Summary: Profiles the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and why you wouldn't have wanted to work on it!
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
JNF JNF Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile Nonfiction J 624.2 RAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000551139

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!

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