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effects on society
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11-16 inch steel
What is the thickness of the steel cables used
100
A days pay
What is two dollars
100
15 million
What is the total cost of the project
100
Daily amount of biking commuters that cross the bridge. (hint it is slightly more than half our towns population)
What is 2,600
100
The action that John Thompson Hoffman governor of New York in 1867 did that started the project.
What is the bill that John Thompson Hoffman signed and enacted
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5989 ft
What is the length of the bridge
200
John Augustus died leaving his son to direct his project and design
What is the designer of the Brooklyn bridge and chief engineer
200
14 years
What is the amount of time construction took
200
15 million
What is the total cost of the project
200
John Augustus Roebling
What is the designer of the Brooklyn bridge and the suspension bridge design
300
The amount of lanes for traffic
What is six lanes
300
Washington Roebling was confined to his head quarters after being injured.
What is was crippled by decompression disease during the building of the foundation
300
The opening day of the bridge
What is the 24th of may
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8th wonder of the world
What is the label it was given at its completion
300
The first steel cable suspension bridge designer
What is John Augustus Roebling
400
Are suspended from 275-foot arches
What is the cables
400
24 people
What is the amount of deaths not including deaths of decompression disease which killed many more.
400
pneumatic caissons
What is air locked pressurized chambers used to dig the base of the bridge to a sturdy foundation.
400
was designated in 1964 by the National Park Service
What is A national historical land mark
400
$250,000,000
What is the amount the project would have cost today
500
1,595 feet
What is the length between the granite arches of the bridge
500
A disease that Meany workers suffered from which was caused by pressure release from the caissons. It is typically found in deep sea divers.
What is decompression disease.
500
The construction started 8 years after the start of the Civil War
What is 1869
500
1,800 vehicles
What is the amount of vehicles that crossed on the first day
500
Emily Roebling crossed
What is the first person to walk across the bridge