The Brooklyn Bridge, Jaffe Productions, Hearst Entertainment TV, in association with the History Channel ; written and produced by Phillis Cannon
Type
Label
The Brooklyn Bridge, Jaffe Productions, Hearst Entertainment TV, in association with the History Channel ; written and produced by Phillis Cannon
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The Brooklyn Bridge
Medium
electronic resource
Oclc number
701798061
Responsibility statement
Jaffe Productions, Hearst Entertainment TV, in association with the History Channel ; written and produced by Phillis Cannon
Runtime
46
Series statement
Modern marvelsAmerican history in video
Summary
No one had every used steel for construction; no one had ever used cables of metal; no one had ever built a suspension bridge so long ... until one man dared to try. In 19th century New York, where buildings were no more than five stories tall and transportation meant horse and buggy, engineer John Roebling's soaring and majestic Brooklyn Bridge was nothing short of a technological miracle
Technique
live action
Contributor
Subject
- Historical television programs
- Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) -- Design and construction
- Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926
- Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
- Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869
- Bridges -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Documentary television programs
- Roebling, Emily Warren, 1843-1903
- Bridges -- New York (State) -- East River -- History
Other version
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor5
- Subject9
- Historical television programs
- Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) -- Design and construction
- Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926
- Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
- Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869
- Bridges -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
- Documentary television programs
- Roebling, Emily Warren, 1843-1903
- Bridges -- New York (State) -- East River -- History
- Other version6
- Mapped to1