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Loc: Today in History: June 12: Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge

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Read about the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, the first steel-wire suspension bridge. This site, from American Memory, has a biography of John A. Roebling, the designer of the bridge, and many links to photographs of the construction and completion of this iconic bridge.

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brooklyn bridge, john a. a. roebling, washington roebling, suspension bridge
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)