Brooklyn Bridge Granite Towers

The bridge was the first to use steel for cable wire and during its construction explosives were used inside a pneumatic caisson for the first time.

Brooklyn bridge granite towers.

By 1876 three workers had died having fallen from the towers while nine other workers were killed in other accidents. The towers are built of limestone granite and cement. The saddle plates atop both towers were also raised in july 1876. Specifically the work will correct structural deficiencies in the masonry arches of the bridge s approaches on both sides of the east river and will also rehabilitate the.

Drawings of the brooklyn bridge were first produced by john a. The work was dangerous. The stone towers had arches reminiscent of cathedrals. John roebling severely injured his foot in a freak accident as he was surveying the spot where the brooklyn tower would be built.

The brooklyn bridge rehabilitation project planned to start by june 2019 will focus on the bridge s approaches and towers bringing them into a state of good repair. Its deck supported by four. Since 1883 its granite towers and steel cables have offered a safe. Roebling originally envisioned shopping arcades to be called the brooklyn bridge.

The last stone on the brooklyn tower was raised in june 1875 and the manhattan tower was completed in july 1876. This print from the mid 1860s shows the contemplated bridge. This drawing of the bridge is an accurate rendition of how the proposed bridge would look. The landmark gothic revival massive granite towers of the brooklyn bridge with their arrays of cable and stay structural scheme developed in the usual way for its era.

Roebling in the 1850s. The bridge later dubbed the brooklyn bridge a name that stuck went on to become one of the most iconic landmarks in new york. Commercial east river shipping and ferry operators in the 1860s protested when they foresaw that if the east river bridge in new york city proposed by john roebling b 1806. Just as work was beginning on the bridge in the summer of 1869 tragedy struck.

Hulton archives getty images. But there s been plenty of history and secrets along the way. The brooklyn bridge looms majestically over new york city s east river linking the two boroughs of manhattan and brooklyn. The brooklyn bridge during its construction.