May+24,+1883,+Brooklyn+bridge



Before the brookland bridge The only way to get from Brookland and New York was the farry. Roebling designed the brookland bridge but soon after the contruction started he died so his son took over for him, Washington. Many of the workers got extremely sick from the benze wich was a result of comming up from the bottom of the under water part of the stucture. The bridge was still completed and first opened on May 24, 1883.

information provided by Prentice Hall America Pathways to the Present Modern American History picture provided by http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/22/an-engineering-marvel-born-in-tragedy/