brooklyn bridge (new york, n.y.)

Describes the fourteen years of construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which connects Manhattan and Brooklyn across the East River, from its conception in 1869 to its completion in 1883.

In the shadow of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, eighth-graders and new neighbors Bird Mallon and Thomas Neary make some decisions about what they want to do with their lives.

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.

Chronicles the design and construction of the nineteenth-century suspension bridge linking Brooklyn and Manhattan which took fourteen years to complete and claimed several lives.

A collection of illustrated photographs and drawings that describe the planning and construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which opened to the public in May, 1883.

Two orphaned teenage girls in New York's tenements in 1883 realize that their dream of saving enough money to move to Brooklyn across the newly-built bridge may be achieved if they learn new trades at a nearby settlement house, rather than continuing their lives of prostitution and stealing.

Describes the fourteen years of construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which connects Manhattan and Brooklyn across the East River, from its conception in 1869 to its completion in 1883.

In the shadow of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, eighth-graders and new neighbors Bird Mallon and Thomas Neary make some decisions about what they want to do with their lives.

Eight-year-old Hannah, upon completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, enlists the help of P.T. Barnum and his twenty-one elephants to prove to her father and all of Brooklyn that the bridge is safe.

A history of the Brooklyn Bridge with an emphasis on the basic architecture, engineering, and mechanical procedures of construction.