The 125th Anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge
| May 22, 2008

In honor of the Brooklyn Bridge’s 125th Birthday

“The Grand Display of Fireworks and Illuminations: at the opening of the Great Suspension Bridge between New York and Brooklyn on the evening of May 24th, 1883”

John Augustus Roebling was the orignal designer for the Brooklyn Bridge. He began work on the bridge in 1867. The costly endeavor took 13 years to build, and unfortunately claimed numerous lives. Sadly, Roebling lost a couple toes duing an accident on the construction site and did not live to see his spectacular design reach completion. He died on July 22, 1869. His son, Washington Roebling, lived to help carry out his father’s legacy.



top image credit: Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2691 (Library of Congress)

bottom image credit: Photographic Print on Stereo Card © 1888 George Barker (Library of Congress)

Link:  The Brooklyn Bridge 125th Birthday Celebration

Tags:  architecture, bridge, design, engineer

Topic: Architecture