Brooklyn Suspension Bridge, New York, designed and built by John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869) and his son Washington Augustus Roebling (1837-1926). Opened 1883. Top: Laying cable. Bottom: Bridge during construction. From Park Benjamin Appleton's Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics, New York, 1880. Engraving

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Brooklyn Suspension Bridge, New York, designed and built by John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869) and his son Washington Augustus Roebling (1837-1926). Opened 1883. Top: Laying cable. Bottom: Bridge during construction. From Park Benjamin Appleton's Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics, New York, 1880. Engraving

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