Brooklyn Bridge is suspension bridge on both sides of the East River from Brooklyn to Manhattan Island, New York City. It is a genius feat of 19th century engineering.
The Brooklyn Bridge was the first bridge that used steel for cable wire, and
during its production explosives were used inside a pneumatic caisson for the first time.
Eyebars and cables are completely encased in 60,000
tons of stone anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge. Each anchorage weighs as much
as 12,000 elephants. Concealed inside were four enormous anchor plates. Its main
purpose was to make the bridge six times stronger.
