the.com/brooklyn bridge
a stone-toothed harp strung with steel that dared 19th-century new york to stop drowning ferries.
means the suspension bridge completed in 1883 connecting manhattan and brooklyn across the east river, once the longest of its kind on earth.
from designed by john a. roebling, who died of tetanus from a ferry-crushed foot before construction even began, leaving his son washington to finish it after decompression sickness left him bedridden, directing the work by telescope while his wife emily carried his instructions to the site.
death tollat least 27 workers died building it
first crosseremily roebling, in 1883, with a rooster
scam targetcon man george parker sold it repeatedly to tourists
caisson diseasethe bridge basically named the bends