The Brooklyn Bridge has always been an icon. When its massive stone towers began rising in the early 1870s, photographers and illustrators began documenting what was considered the most daring and astounding engineering feat of the era.
Throughout the years of construction, skeptical newspaper editorials openly questioned whether the project was a colossal folly. Yet the public was always fascinated by the scale of the project, the courage and dedication of the men building it, and the magnificent sight of stone and steel rising high above the East River.
In this gallery are some stunning images created during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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- John Augustus Roebling, Designer of the Brooklyn BridgeJohn Augustus Roebling
- Roebling's Great Dream for the World's Largest Bridge
- Men Labored in Horrendous Conditions in the Caissons Under the Brooklyn BridgeCaisson Under the Brooklyn Bridge
- The Brooklyn Bridge Under ConstructionTowers of the Brooklyn Bridge
- The Brooklyn Bridge's Temporary Footbridge Fascinated the PublicBrooklyn Bridge's Footbridge
- Stepping Onto the Temporary Footbridge of the Brooklyn Bridge Took NerveThe Brooklyn Bridge Footbridge
- Gigantic Anchorage Structures Held the Four Massive Suspension CablesAnchorage of the Brooklyn Bridge
- Constructing the Cables on the Brooklyn Bridge was Exacting and PerilousWrapping the Cables
- The Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge Was a Time of Great CelebrationOpening of the Brooklyn Bridge Celebrated
- Lithograph of the Great East River BridgeThe Great East River Bridge
- Strolling On the Brooklyn Bridge's Pedestrian WalkwayStrollers on the Broolyn Bridge
- The Sucess of the Great Bridge Made It a Popular Image in AdvertisementsBrooklyn Bridge in Advertising
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