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The span was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge or the East River Bridge but was officially renamed the Brooklyn Bridge in 1915. Proposals for a bridge connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn were first made in the early 19th century, which eventually led to the construction of the current span, designed by John A. Roebling .
The great East River suspension bridge. Connecting the cities of New York and Brooklyn. View from Brooklyn, looking west. The Bridge crosses the river by a single span of 1,595 feet suspended by four cables, 15½ inches in diameter, each composed of 5,434 parallel steel wires. Strength of each cable, 12,000 tons. Length of each land span, 930 feet.
Joseph Stella (born Giuseppe Michele Stella, June 13, 1877 – November 5, 1946) was an Italian-born American Futurist painter best known for his depictions of industrial America, especially his images of the Brooklyn Bridge. He is also associated with the American Precisionist movement of the 1910s–1940s.
Prints, Drawings and Photographs. Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection, 1996.164.1-973. (1996.164.1-973_glass_SL1.jpg) Thank you, BillRhodesPhoto! This image has been geotagged by BillRhodesPhoto so Brooklyn could be part of the Historypin launch on July 11, 2011. Want to help? See if you can place any of these images on ...
Edit - Brooklyn Bridge, Spanning East River between Brooklyn & Manhattan, New York City, New York County, NY Original Edit 2 color balance adjusted by User:Durova. Edit 3 color balance adjusted by User:Diliff. Reason Found this on Commons. Of high resolution. Slightly trimmed version of original. Believe this to be the best photo we have on the ...
The footage shows a barge passing under the bridge, seemingly getting the crane atop it caught on the track system underneath the significant landmark. Crane on barge crashes and splits part of ...
The Brooklyn Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, George Washington Bridge, and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge were the world's longest suspension bridges when opened in 1883, [2] 1903, [3] 1931, [4] and 1964 [5] respectively. There are 789 bridges and tunnels in New York.
A long-closed plot of land under the Brooklyn Bridge has reopened to the public after 15 years — restoring another slice of greenspace for one of the city’s most crowded neighborhoods.