You wouldn't want to work on the Brooklyn Bridge! : an enormous project that seemed impossible
Material type: TextSeries: You wouldn't want to--Publication details: New York : Franklin Watts, 2010.Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780531213285
- 0531213285
- 9780531205198
- 0531205193
- Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926 -- Juvenile literature
- Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926
- Suspension bridges -- New York (State) -- New York -- Design and construction -- Juvenile literature
- Suspension bridges -- New York (State) -- New York -- Design and construction
- Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) -- History
- 624.2/3097471 22
- TG25.N53 R38 2009
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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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