Professor Fumolatro
like a giant steel cable fish net
After the Brooklyn bridge was completed in 1883 it was discovered that sub-standard quality cable had been used in it's construction. Luckily the bridge had been designed to be 600% stronger than required. The cheap cable made the bridge only 400% stronger than needed. After the discovery, hundreds of diagonal cables were added from the lower deck to the towers for extra strength. They turned out to be unnecessary but they add to the bridge's 'distinctive' apperance.
Not sure why but when one thinks of NYC bridges the Brooklyn bridge seem to be 'the' bridge that springs to mind.
Some facts:
Started in 1870 completed in 1883.
Over a mile in length.
Connects Manhattan island with the borough of Brooklyn (and vice versa).
The first steel wire suspension bridge ever built.
When first completed it was the largest suspension bridge in the world. (Bigger by half than the previous record holder.)
In May 2008 the NY celebrated the 125th anniversary of the bridge's opening.
like a giant steel cable fish net
After the Brooklyn bridge was completed in 1883 it was discovered that sub-standard quality cable had been used in it's construction. Luckily the bridge had been designed to be 600% stronger than required. The cheap cable made the bridge only 400% stronger than needed. After the discovery, hundreds of diagonal cables were added from the lower deck to the towers for extra strength. They turned out to be unnecessary but they add to the bridge's 'distinctive' apperance.
Not sure why but when one thinks of NYC bridges the Brooklyn bridge seem to be 'the' bridge that springs to mind.
Some facts:
Started in 1870 completed in 1883.
Over a mile in length.
Connects Manhattan island with the borough of Brooklyn (and vice versa).
The first steel wire suspension bridge ever built.
When first completed it was the largest suspension bridge in the world. (Bigger by half than the previous record holder.)
In May 2008 the NY celebrated the 125th anniversary of the bridge's opening.