The Brooklyn Bridge / Jaffe Productions, Hearst Entertainment TV, in association with the History Channel ; written and produced by Phillis Cannon.
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...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
A&E Home Video,
c1995.
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| Series: | Modern marvels.
American history in video. |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced as an episode of the television program Modern marvels. Previously issued as VHS. Previously published as DVD. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (46 min.) |
| Participant or Performer: | Narrator: Earl Boen. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Public performance rights obtained |