Where is the Brooklyn Bridge? /
Stine, Megan,
Where is the Brooklyn Bridge? / by Megan Stine ; illustrated by John Hinderliter. - 108 pages : illustrations, map (1 color foldout) ; 20 cm - Where is...? . - Where is (Grosset & Dunlap) .
Includes bibliographical references.
Where is the Brooklyn Bridge? -- We need a bridge -- Like father, like son -- How to build a suspension bridge -- The deadly caissons -- The bends -- A man in his room -- Greed -- A bridge celebration day -- A hundred years of celebrations.
"Building the Brooklyn Bridge was no simple feat. Despite a brilliant plan from a father-son team of engineers, the process was a dangerous and grueling one. Construction workers developed a mysterious illness (now known as the bends), several died, and the project had devastating effects on the engineers' lives. Still, after fourteen years, the Brooklyn Bridge was finished and became the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time and is still widely admired today. Megan Stine tells the fascinating story behind one of the city's best-loved landmarks."--
Ages 8-12
9780448484242 (pbk) 0448484242 (pbk) 9781484469446 1484469445
2015040448
Bridges--Design and construction--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile literature.
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)--History--Juvenile literature.
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Juvenile literature.
Where is the Brooklyn Bridge? / by Megan Stine ; illustrated by John Hinderliter. - 108 pages : illustrations, map (1 color foldout) ; 20 cm - Where is...? . - Where is (Grosset & Dunlap) .
Includes bibliographical references.
Where is the Brooklyn Bridge? -- We need a bridge -- Like father, like son -- How to build a suspension bridge -- The deadly caissons -- The bends -- A man in his room -- Greed -- A bridge celebration day -- A hundred years of celebrations.
"Building the Brooklyn Bridge was no simple feat. Despite a brilliant plan from a father-son team of engineers, the process was a dangerous and grueling one. Construction workers developed a mysterious illness (now known as the bends), several died, and the project had devastating effects on the engineers' lives. Still, after fourteen years, the Brooklyn Bridge was finished and became the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time and is still widely admired today. Megan Stine tells the fascinating story behind one of the city's best-loved landmarks."--
Ages 8-12
9780448484242 (pbk) 0448484242 (pbk) 9781484469446 1484469445
2015040448
Bridges--Design and construction--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile literature.
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)--History--Juvenile literature.
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Juvenile literature.