The Brooklyn Bridge took 14 years to build and cost its original designer his life before construction had barely begun — John A. Roebling died of tetanus in 1869 after a ferry crushed his foot while he was surveying the site.
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Name:
"Whoever Ignites The Night"
Ref. Number:
0193 (Limited Edition - 777 copies)
Location:
New York, USA
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Artist`s Tale:
The Bridge That Outlived Its Engineer
The Brooklyn Bridge took 14 years to build and cost its original designer his life before construction had barely begun — John A. Roebling died of tetanus in 1869 after a ferry crushed his foot while he was surveying the site. His son Washington took over as chief engineer, but was himself repeatedly stricken with decompression sickness from working in the underwater caissons, leaving him partially paralyzed and unable to visit the site for most of the remaining construction. From that point on, Washington directed the project from a window overlooking the river, watching progress through a telescope, while his wife Emily Warren Roebling taught herself advanced mathematics and engineering to serve as his eyes and voice on site — she`s widely regarded as the first female field engineer in American history, and it was Emily who rode in the first carriage across the finished bridge when it opened on May 24, 1883. At the time, its main span of nearly 1,600 feet made it the longest suspension bridge in the world, and it was the first bridge built with steel cable wire rather than iron. "Whoever Ignites The Night" was shot after dark, when the bridge`s cables and towers are lit against the New York City skyline — a very different read than the daytime views most photographs of the bridge show.Print Information:
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