The Brooklyn Bridge’s Builders Fought Fire, Flood, and Death

(via The Daily Beast)  The Brooklyn Bridge, begun in 1869 and opened to the public in 1883, was an unprecedented construction; truly the “8th Wonder of the World” in its day—and perhaps it still is. It was a bridge with a span that would not be significantly surpassed for 50 years. And it was a bridge built using a dangerous new technology, one that Washington Roebling pioneered—at great cost to himself.