Brooklyn Bridge Research Paper

The Brooklyn Bridge is a large structure combining Manhattan and Brooklyn. Crafted from granite and steel, it provides safe passage with all sorts of transportation. The Brooklyn Bridge was built over the course of fourteen years. It started construction in January 3rd, 1870. The bridge was designed by a german engineer named John Augustus Roebling. In Berlin, he studied industrial engineering. Despite his education, he moved to Pennsylvania with hopes of becoming a farmer. Unfortunately, it was not meant to be and his life as a farmer failed before it really even began. After his failure as a farmer, he decided to use his education to make a living. Soon after his farming career went down, he moved to Harrisburg and opened up a wire cable factory and lived comfortably. There were three main Chief Engineers of the Brooklyn Bridge to oversee its construction. The original architect was John Roebling. Roebling’s son, Washington, and his wife Emily also took the mantle of Chief Engineer. Sadly, it was a title that came …show more content…
This involved sending the stone that would be made into the towers down to the bottom of the East River in air/water tight boxes. This method of construction was groundbreaking, but came with a hefty price. Caisson Disease became all too common among those who worked underwater to build the bridge. Also known as Decompression Sickness, Caisson disease claimed the lives of many workers of the Brooklyn Bridge. One of these fatalities very nearly took the life of Chief Engineer Washington Roebling, who was insistent on working in the caissons longer than anyone else. This sickness left him bedridden, and was almost the end of him. It was around this point when his wife, Emily Roebling, took over as Chief Engineer. She took the orders for the bridge from her husband, and delivered them to the construction workers building the Brooklyn Bridge. Over time, she became in

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