Brooklyn Bridge, NYC - a photo on Flickriver

            The Brooklyn Bridge was designed by German-born John Augustus Roebling. During surveying for the East River Bridge project, Roebling's foot was badly injured by a ferry, (pinning it against a pylon) within a few weeks he died of tetanus. 

His son, Washington, succeeded him, but in 1872 was stricken with caisson disease (decompression sickness, commonly known as "the bends"), due to working in compressed air in caissons. The occurrence of the disease in the caisson workers caused him to halt construction of the Manhattan side of the tower 30 feet (10 m) short of bedrock when soil tests underneath the caisson found bedrock to be even deeper than expected. Today, the Manhattan tower pictured above rests entirely on sand.

Washington's wife, Emily Warren Roebling, became his aide, learning engineering and communicating his wishes to the on-site assistants. When the bridge opened (May 1883) she was the first person to cross it. Washington Roebling rarely visited the site again.

Taken on: March 9, 2007

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Camera: Nikon D50, f/9.0, 1/320 sec, 55mm (=82mm) (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D50
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	55mm (35mm equivalent: 82mm)
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Unknown (-1)
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
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