|aYou wouldn't want to work on the Brooklyn Bridge! :|ban enormous project that seemed impossible /|cwritten by Tom Ratliff ; illustrated by Mark Bergin ; created and designed by David Salariya.
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|aYou would not want to work on the Brooklyn Bridge!.
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|aNew York :|bFranklin Watts,|c2010.
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|a32 p. :|bcol. ill. ;|c24 cm.
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|aYou wouldn't want to.
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|aIncludes index and Glossary.
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|aJohn Augustus Roebling -- Why does Brooklyn need a bridge? -- Why a suspension bridge? -- Digging underwater -- The perils of digging deeper -- Emily Roebling saves the day - - Tower construction -- Holding the bridge in place -- Holding up the bridge -- The wire rope scandal -- Suspending the roadway -- The grand opening!.
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|aProfiles the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and why you wouldn't have wanted to work on it!.
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|aIG1010L|bLexile.
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|aRoebling, Washington Augustus,|d1837-1926|vJuvenile literature.
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|aRoebling, Washington Augustus,|d1837-1926.
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|aSuspension bridges|zNew York (State)|zNew York|xDesign and construction|vJuvenile literature.
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|aBrooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)|xHistory|vJuvenile literature.
Takes an historical look at the building of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, examining its occupational hazards and the massive undertaking required to construct such a structure in the 19th century. Simultaneous.