Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 230
ss cable stretchesover the entire bridge and round abier drum under the arches on theBrooklyn side. An engine turns the drum, and thismakes the rope run swiftly. The cars, as in thestreet roads, hitch on to this rope when they wish togo over, and are quickly drawn across the bridge. THE BROOKLYN UK… … bridge. All these styles of bridges are to be found in one shape or another in thisbridge. The suspended part of the bridgebegins and ends at the anchorages. To get tothe top of the anchorages there are long in-clined planes, called the approaches. These areof brick and stone, in the form of an…
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