Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 227
work weaving the cable. At the Brooklyn anchorage was placeda powerful steam-engine, and on the topof the anchorage were placed two largewheels, and with the aid of proper ma-chinery the engine caused these wheels toturn forward or backward. From each wheel wasstretched a steel rope to the top of… … SHIPPING UNDERTHE BRIDGE. laid October 5, 1878.There are four cables, each3578U feet long, and if all thewires in the four cables were placed in line,they would reach over fourteen thousand miles.The work was long and dangerous. Sometimes THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. 695 the wire would break and fall into…
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