Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 39
thebolt-driving andend-fitting must bedone by little men.When we arrivedthe traveler wasbringing to onespot the massiveparts of a cross-section in our ar-bor-way. It was astretched-out ironW, flattened downbetween girdersacross top andbottom. This, welearned, was astrut, and it allweighed… … THE WORK OF THE BRIDGE-BUILDERS. A TOWER OFTHE NEW BROOKLYN BRIDGE. they sweep overthe structure witha blind, mercilessforce. And, in-deed, they did skipalong, the bridge-men, as the trav-eler turned its armsthis way and that,and several timesI saw a man slipas he hurried, andbarely save him-self.…
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