Wholesale Building the Brooklyn Bridge, 1869–1883 by Jeffrey I Richman

[ACC Art Books] "Building the Brooklyn Bridge is a perfect feast, a would-be time-traveler's delight, overflowing with rare and evocative and fascinating images." - Kurt Andersen Recipient of the 2021 Book Award from The Victorian Society New York.  The captivating story of how a bridge of unprecedented size and technology was built during an age of remarkable innovation. This book invites the reader to step back in time to discover why this iconic bridge-proclaimed the 'eighth wonder of the world' soon after its completion and a National Historic Landmark since 1964-continues to hold such a special place in the hearts of so many. Spanning the East River, the Brooklyn Bridge connected for the first time the then independent cities of Brooklyn and New York. This awe-inspiring structure was not only a modern engineering feat of extraordinary imagination, fortitude, and skill, it also was a towering beacon of human triumph. Author Jeffrey Richman, historian at B