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short brooklyn bridge history based on the chronology by barbara head
millstein, the brooklyn bridge exhibition, 1983:: |
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| 1802 |
A petition
to the State Legislature proposes constructing a bridge. |
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| 1857 |
A bill
is proposed to the New York Legislature to build a suspension bridge
over the East River to Brooklyn. |
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| 1865 |
John
A. Roebling and Wilhelm Hildenbrand draw plans. |
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| 1866 |
A bill
is passed by the New York State Legislature for construction. |
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| April,
1867 |
The
New York Bridge Company is incorporated. |
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| May,
1867 |
The
New York Bridge Company makes John A. Roebling engineer. |
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| 1869 |
President Ulysses S. Grant signs a bill approving the
plan. |
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| July,
1869 |
John
A. Roebling 66, dies in an accident making observations to determine
the exact location of the Brooklyn tower. His son, Washington Roebling,
succeeds him. |
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| January,
1870 |
Work
begins. |
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| May,
1871 |
The
New York caisson is launched. Although the Brooklyn foundation hit
bedrock at 44 feet, the foundation on the Manhattan end rests on sand
at 78 feet. |
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| 1872 |
Roebling
is stricken by caisson disease, becoming an invalid. He supervises
the building of the Bridge from his bedroom, his wife instructing the
Bridge engineers. |
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| 1874 |
The
Brooklyn Bridge is made public, repaying the subscribers with interest. |
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| May,
1875 |
The
Brooklyn tower is completed. |
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| July, 1875 |
The
New York tower is completed. |
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| 1877 |
A temporary
footbridge between the towers is built. |
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| 1887 |
Scandal
over the supply of faulty wire |
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| May
24, 1883 |
The
Brooklyn Bridge is opened. |
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During
its construction twenty-seven men died, including its designer, John
A. Roebling. |
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