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The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge" , For - June 2001 -- for more information on using
this paper properly! It was an astonishing vision to behold at the time, a masterpiece which married the finest in nineteenth century technology, contemporary architecture, and some good old
American ingenuity. The Brooklyn Bridge, now considered little more than an historical relic came to symbolize the height of what Mark Twain referred to as "The Gilded Age," a
ostentatious time when the Industrial Revolution made anything seem possible. The Bridge also represented what has now become known as the American Dream. America was a place where
everything was bigger and better than anyplace else, where a penniless immigrant like John Roebling could come and find wealth, fame, and enduring respectability. Nobody had ever before seen
anything quite like the mammoth Brooklyn Bridge. It took fourteen years to complete, spanned a mind-boggling 1,600 feet; was nearly 6,000 feet in total length; 85 feet at the
width of the bridge floor; sported four suspension cables over 3,500 miles long, each containing over 5,400 wires, which extended to a length of 3,515 of wire per cable; measured
over 276 feet above the high water; and weighed an overwhelming 14,680 tons (Wright 616). For anyone who had the opportunity to see the Brooklyn Bridge at its formal
unveiling in 1883, it was, quite simply, an awesome experience. This is that sense of excitement that Pulitzer-prize winning historian David McCullough conveys in his second book, The Great Bridge:
The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge, aptly titled because it is epic in length, over 600 pages, and is as impressive as its subject. McCullough
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