The next few weeks we will turn our attentions to the growing rate of industrialism in America. Literally the landscape of our nation was changing.
One ubiquitous, but often overlooked evidence of industrialism at its finest is the Brooklyn Bridge. Constructed in the last few decades of the 19th century, this bridge symbolizes the changes in America.
For this week's blog, read this account regarding the building of this bridge.
For the comments, reflect on what you have read. Answer these two questions...
1) What impressed you from the article you read?
2) What is the most impressive man-made creation you have ever personally seen (building, monument, vehicle etc. etc.)?
Remember, your post must be at least 200 words and the word count must be posted (or you lose 15 points automatically).
The people of Brooklyn wanted a bridge. They needed one badly. They needed to be able to get from city to city without taking 2 years to do so. They wanted fast. The wanted efficient. They wanted a bridge. The leaders of Brooklyn got together and decided to build a bridge across the east river. To connect New York City and Brooklyn. It was a hit. They made the bridge and then everyone used it. It cut In Half the time to get to New York City. This made life easier and more comparable for people to visit relatives and to see shows in New York or go to fairs or what ever they wanted.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest thing I ever saw was the arch in Saint Louis. It's so cool. It's huge and u get to ride a elevator across and look out. It's kinda weird thinking you are that high I. The air but you are. It's awesome how they can make something work like that. (210)
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ReplyDeleteThe main thing that stood out to me was how the worked to sturdy the twin towers of the bridge they said they worked for ten minutes at a time because of the compression of the air would give them terrible headaches. And also they were working in freezing cold water but still they were sweating terribly which explains the conditions of the work. They had to go back up after ten minutes to get gradually decompressed from the pressure of the air or there ear drums would pop. Each week an inspector would come to see the amount of work done to judge the pay for each worker if it was good the head of each crew would get a bonus. They told the workers they could work as much as they want but after a mint they advised them to not do as much for health reasons because of the pressure on the ears and even on other parts of your body. All this impressed me on how hard it was but still got done. The most impressive man- made thing I probably have ever seen would probably have to be the Statue of Liberty in New York for many reasons. Because of the reasons it stand for what it stands for and even just the magnitude of it. It is made out of nickel and many other materials. The coolest thing is going up in it to the top wear the crown is and looking out. And also the many different details of it with the torch and the book in his arm.
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DeleteThe cold bitter winter of the 1866-1867 season reminded the citizens of Brooklyn that they needed a bridge to connect the east river over New York City. The dream was realized only after New Yorks political boss William tweed was assured an ample financial payoff. The bridge designer John oebling died in a freak accident as he was surveying the location of the bridge tower. Which gave the control to his son Washington. Despite the engineering,political and financial problems,the bridge was open with tremendous public acclaim in 1883.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest man made creation I have ever seen is the Washington monument when I went to Washington D.C last year. Plans for the Washington monument was planned even before Washington became president. The original design for the monument was far from the plan when it was built. The monument was once the site of a hostage situation. The monument actually once survived an earthquake. On August 23,2011 the monument was rocked by a rare,5.8 magnitude earthquake centered near mineral Virginia. It took a 15 million dollar project for fix the damage. The Washington monument isn't the only type of monument in the United States there is also a similar monument in Baltimore Maryland. It was designed by the same man who designed the Washington monument (220 words)
I don't know if this counts but what impressed me was the men's willingness to work on the Brooklyn Bridge Project. You were literally lowered down into a dark chasm at the bottom of the river to help build. Clod water was at your feet the whole time and you felt at times like you were going to freeze. But of all these things, the main one that stood out to me was the air locks that they had to work in and go through. Their ears every time would either sting for a long time or burst depending on if they covered their ears or not and they couldn't work long periods of time because of this. I am prone to suggestion, so just hearing about this made my ears start to sting and pop. So the workers willingness to work in these terrible conditions was incredible to me.
ReplyDeleteThe most impressive man made creation I think I have ever seen has to be a giant church in Moscow that I saw called, Christ the Saviour. The size of the church has to be 10 times bigger than the biggest church you will see in Chattanooga. The domed roof was covered in gold plating so the sun shined all over the church. The inside of the onion domed roof were tons of candles all lit around the frame on the top. Inside, the walls were covered with the Gospel. All the words of each book just written on the walls for people to read. The service area was lit up with candles and the end had a beautiful painting of Jesus with a basket of flowers underneath it. By far the church building of Christ the Saviour has to be the most impressive man made piece of work I have ever seen. (308 words)
The main thing that impressed me about this article is that the Brooklyn Bridge would have been the longest suspension bridge in the world when it was made. The bridge was over a mile long from beginning to end. John Roebling, the designer of the bridge, died in an accident when scouting the location of the bridge's Brooklyn tower in 1869. The task of making his design become a reality was passed down to his son, Washington. Being one of the largest bridges in the world, it was hard to work with the air pressure, heat, lack of oxygen, and loud noises. Workers were threatened with painful effects of an imbalance of nitrogen in the blood. The most impressive man-made creation that I've seen is the Amish community in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was cool to see how differently other people in the U.S. lived compared to how I live. The Amish people got around by horse and buggy. This is obviously very different compared to how I get around. It just seemed like a totally different culture and way of life. I even got to experience riding a horse and buggy around the community, which gave me a better idea of how their life was everyday.
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The most interesting thing to me about this article was the fact that it took so long to actually make plans for and decide on building a bridge. Because of practicality reasons, one would assume that something of this magnitude was urgent, especially considering the circumstances that the communities faced during the winter. People were basically trapped for months because they couldn't get across the river. There were others ways to get there, but they took too long and were inconvenient. In times like today, if enough people complain about an issue and come up with a solution, it doesn't take much time to fulfill the people's needs.
ReplyDeleteThe most fascinating man-made creation I have ever seen is Cinderella's Castle in Walt Disney World. It's design, size, and the story behind it makes it much more than a building. For instance, it was accidentally placed backwards when being installed, but one would never know it if you look at it in real life. Also, when you see it for the first time, it looks huge, but because of its design, it isn't as large as it seems. The bricks going up from bottom to top get smaller and smaller to give it an enlarged effect. (205)
My thoughts on the bridge and what impressed me the most was that the bridge would be over a mile long which would be the longest bridge in the world. Also how they made the towers at the end of the bridge dwarf the surrounding buildings. It was impressive because it connected Brooklyn to the rest of New York that way people would have means of travel in the winter time while the river was frozen. Also the men who created and designed the ridge showed perseverance through the financial struggles and engineering problems and opened the bridge in 1883.
ReplyDeleteThe most impressive man made thing that I have seen in my lifetime is the nasa space station because it has helped us collect data from a place that has not been well explored and it really marks a new era and shows how man is working hard to figure out more about the universe we live in. It is the first step of space exploration. Hopefully it will lead us to landing on different planets on our solar system as humans not robots as long as it doesn't end up like the Matt Damon movie Mars. Because space is kind of like the ocean we've been there we know some about it but we are not even close to having the full knowledge of it. (229 words)
The Brooklyn bridge impressed me with how massive it was and how much effort was put into building it. This bridge connected Brooklym to New York and would go down in history as the largest suspension bridge in the world. Although there was lots of difficulties with building it both politically and engineering, it finally got done in 1883. The problem before was that the river was frozen, so they solved this problem by making the bridge.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most impressive man made structures I've seen personally was the Sears tower in Chicago, they allowed people to go up to the top floor and stand in a glass box to look down at the street, I think it's amazing how tall we can make buildings and all the engineering that goes with that. The building itself has to have some flexibility with the wind, so you can actually feel yourself moving when on the top floor which is crazy to think a building can move like that. It is 108 stories tall and 1,451 feet tall. It's the worlds 14th tallest building and was pretty cool to see in person. The sky deck is open 365 days a year and it is for sure something to check out if you want the thrill of being up that high. (220 words)
I didn't know that the Brooklyn Bridge was made so long ago when the building materials and skills we had weren't as good as they are today, so it amazes me what we could do with what little we had. The amount of endurance that the workers had was incredible to only be able to work for two hours at a time. It amazes me that the son had the same idea that his dad has because if he didn't keep on working after his dad died inspecting the site then there would be no bridge to this day. At one point the builders were only able to work minutes at a time because of how much pressure was on them. The bridge was finally finished in 1883.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most impressive man made things I've personally seen would be the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN. The size of this building is incredible. It isn't just a straight up and down building but the design needed to build this was crazy and only a really good architect could have pulled it off. It has many rooms in it and has many different floors with a huge glass roof that needs big support beams.
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The cold bitter winter of the 1866-1867 season reminded the citizens of Brooklyn that they needed a bridge to connect the east river over New York City. The bridge designer John oebling died in a freak accident as he was surveying the location of the bridge tower. Which gave the control to his son. The first objective was to securely anchor the bridge's two towers on the solid bedrock found under the layers of mud below the East River. A huge wooden caisson, resembling a giant box, was assembled on land, towed to the site of the Brooklyn-side tower and sunk. Despite the engineering,political and financial problems,the bridge was open with tremendous public acclaim in 1883.
ReplyDeleteThe most fascinating man made thing that I have ever seen was a ride me and Johanna rode in Orlando it is clalled the sling shot. It is very amazing to know that someone spent that much time and effort on a ride that has to be pretty much perfect for someone to survive going on it. 150
He hat impressed me about this arrival is that it showed how they put in the columns. They used an Aric tight capsule and then put compressed air into it and lowered it into the water. This bridge made life easier everyone's life. The most impressive man made building I have ever seen was the king and queen buildings in Atlanta they are like the twin towers except they have a king and queen crown on them (209 words)
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DeleteI don't know if impressed is the right word, but I found it interesting that the bridge's designer, John Roebling, died in an accident when he was surveying the location of the bridge's tower and the project fell on the shoulders of his son, Washington.
ReplyDeleteThe most impressive man-made thing I've seen (that I can remember) is the Sears Tower or the Willis Tower in Chicago Illinois. It's a 108-story, 1,451-foot skyscraper. It can spread over 16 blocks! In the Sears Tower, there are 25 miles of plumbing, 1,500 miles of electric wiring, 80 miles of elevator cable, and 145,000 light fixtures. it cost more than $175 million dollars to build.
Each floor of the building is divided into 75-foot, column-free squares. Large windows provide tons light and amazing views, further enhanced by the corridors created by the tower’s set back on all sides. It was the tallest building in America until 1998. It has 104 elevators moving 1,200 feet per minute, 16,100 windows and More than 16,000 square feet of conference rooms. The whole building only has two entrances. And Besides the Grand Canyon, it's the biggest thing I can remember.
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What impressed me the most about all of it was the enormity of the bridge itself. The entire length of the bridge was approximately a mile and it was probably one of the greatest architectural achievements for America at the time. It makes it extra impressive when you consider the technology they didn't have back then to help them. If building a suspension bridge today is difficult, it's hard to imagine the difficulty that these people went through to build it. The airlock system sounds like a miserable experience. Dealing with your ears stinging and potentially bursting doesn't particularly sound like a fun experience. The men had to cover their ears and couldn't work for long periods of time. The determination that these workers had to build this thing blows my mind.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been to many places with man made monuments. The only real monument I've actually seen is the Grand Canyon. But if I had to choose something man made that I have seen the coolest thing would probably be the Hoover Dam. Like the bridge, it is both enormous and extremely impressive. Standing on top of it, it looks like it's about 300-400 feet tall. That may not be accurate but that is what it seemed like. (212)