Brooklyn Bridge

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cid_2161150.150.jpg Brooklyn Bridge
Designer John Augustus Roebling
Location Brooklyn, New York, USA
Date 1869 to 1883
Building Type suspension bridge
Climate temperate
Context urban
Architectural Style Gothic piers, functionalist cables and bridge deck
Street Address
Notes completed by son, Washington Augustus Roebling.
At Great Buildings http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Brooklyn_Bridge.html

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Brooklyn Bridge
Designer Roebling, Washington A.
Location New York, New York, USA
Date 1883
Building Type Transportation
Construction System Concrete, Limestone, Granite, Iron, Steel
Architectural Style Wire cable suspension bridge
Street Address Across the East River from Brooklyn to Manhattan
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National Register of Historic Places
Name Brooklyn Bridge
ID Number 66000523
NRHP Status Listed In The National Register
Certification Date 10/15/1966
Level of Significance National




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References

National Register of Historic Places


External Links

http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=376&resourceType=Structure


http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/66000523.nl.pdf


http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@field(NUMBER+@band(NY1234))


Hundreds of photos at the Brooklyn Bridge projected in google maps

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