The Brooklyn Bridge : a wonders of the world book / by Elizabeth Mann ; with illustrations by Alan Witschonke.
By: Mann, Elizabeth.
Contributor(s): Witschonke, Alan [ill.].
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BookPublisher: New York : Willowdale, Ont. : Mikaya Press ; Distributed in North America by Firefly Books, c1996Description: 46 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.ISBN: 0965049302.Subject(s): Bridges, Suspension -- New York (State) -- New York -- Design and construction -- Juvenile literature | Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Juvenile literature | Roebling family -- Juvenile literature | Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869 -- Juvenile literature | Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926 -- Juvenile literature | Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) -- History | Bridges -- Design and construction | Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869 | Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926 | Engineers | Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) -- History | Bridges -- Design and construction | Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869 | Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926DDC classification: 624/.5/097471 Summary: Describes the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, from its conception by John Roebling in 1852 through, after many setbacks, its final completion under the direction of his son, Washington, in 1883.
Illustrated endpapers.
Includes index.
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Describes the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, from its conception by John Roebling in 1852 through, after many setbacks, its final completion under the direction of his son, Washington, in 1883.
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