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30 June 06 - (New York Sun) - A Piece of History Stands Hidden on Brooklyn Bridge
26 April 02 - (New York Post) - Tourists High on Brooklyn Bridge
5 June 01 - (Associated Press) - Brooklyn Bridge Climber
30 June 01 - (New York Post) - Budget Designated to Seismically Retrofit Brooklyn Bridge
1 June 00 - (New York Times) - Brooklyn Bridge Online (No, Not on eBay)
7 Dec 99 - (New York Post) - Historic Brooklyn Bridge Made N.Y. the City it is Today
30 Aug 99 - (Engineering News Record) - Top 125 People
18 Jan 99 - (Engineering News Record) - Brooklyn Bridge's 1,595.5-ft Span Breaks All the World Records
15 Feb 99 - New York (Engineering News Record) - Famous Span will get Quick Fix
3 Apr 99 - (AP, NandoTimes) - Man Dies Trying to Set Record Scaling Brooklyn Bridge




Historic News Articles and Graphics

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Historic Publications about the Brooklyn Bridge


24 May 1983 - New York Times Celebrates 100 Years of Brooklyn Bridge
April 1973 - American History Illustrated - The Great Brooklyn Bridge
24 May 1954 - BROOKLYN BRIDGE - 71 YEARS YOUNG

Brooklyn Bridge 75th Anniversary Exhibit
Brooklyn Bridge 50th Anniversary Pamphlet

October 1905 - Technical World Magazine - Overburdened Brooklyn Bridge
18 March 1905 - Scientific American - A Study of the Brooklyn Bridge Problem
13 July 1893 - Engineering News - Ten Years' Record of the Brooklyn Bridge
21 July 1888 - Scientific American - Improvements in the Cable Railway

July 1883 - Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly - Vol. XVI. - No. 1
9 June 1883 - Harper's Weekly Journal of Civilization - Disaster on the Bridge
8 June 1883 - Illustrated Carpenter and Builder, Article courtesy of Chris Barratt
Friday, May 25, 1883     WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER   Vol. 3 No. 174    Wellsville, N.Y.

Friday, May 24, 1883     The Brooklyn Eagle    New York, N.Y.
            Click on 1883 May 24 to read the Eagle coutesy of the Brooklyn Pulbic Library

Friday, May 24, 1883     The Independent   Vol. XXXV No. 1799    New York, N.Y.
Friday, May 24, 1883     New York Times   Two Great Cities United

May, 1883 - Harper's New Monthly Magazine - No. 396, Vol. LXVI. - No.386 - 58
17 October 1877 - The Daily Graphic
September, 1877 - Harper's New Monthly Magazine - No. 328, Vol. 55.

NOVEMBER 25,1876, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, No.48.
28 May 1873 - (New York Tribune) - The Bridge Frauds
3 May 1873 - (New York Tribune) - The Brooklyn Bridge - Proposed Abandonment Denounced
2 May 1873 - (New York Tribune) - Brooklyn Bridge - Is the Work to be Abandoned?
12 November 1870 - (Scientific Amreican) - THE GREAT SUSPENSION BRIDGE





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