What to see in America . ^ were blasted the several bridgesacross the East Riverthe first has never beenexcelled in interest andgrace. It was begun in1870 and completed in1883 at a cost of nearly$15,000,000. For a long. In Prosiect Park 78. What to See in America time it was unrivaled among the worlds suspension total length, including approaches, is over a mile. Thegigantic stone piers rise 270 feet above high water. Four16-inch steel wire cables serve to support the long span ofthe 85-foot-wide bridge. Brooklyn may be said to have begun in 1642 when aferry was established
What to see in America . ^ were blasted the several bridgesacross the East Riverthe first has never beenexcelled in interest andgrace. It was begun in1870 and completed in1883 at a cost of nearly$15,000,000. For a long. In Prosiect Park 78. What to See in America time it was unrivaled among the worlds suspension total length, including approaches, is over a mile. Thegigantic stone piers rise 270 feet above high water. Four16-inch steel wire cables serve to support the long span ofthe 85-foot-wide bridge. Brooklyn may be said to have begun in 1642 when aferry was established between it and lower New York. Atiny hamlet that clustered about the landing graduallyexpanded, but the place continued essentially rural for a longperiod. In 1759 a large bear visited the farms in SouthBrooklyn and was pursued to the vicinity of Red Hook,where he took to the water and was shot from a boat. In 1774a church established under the patronage of Trinity of NewYork was built with the aid of a lottery. Horse races wererun in Brooklyn then, and an innkeeper on ColumbiaHeights announced a bull-baiting there every Thursdayafternoon. One of the greatest battles of the Revolution was foughtin the present heart of
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