Tour The Brooklyn Bridge, DUMBO & Fulton Ferry
A 2 hour walking tour highlighting the engineering, politics, personalities, tragedies and triumphs that resulted in the completion of the most famous bridge in America. Tour includes a 45-minute walk across the bridge, and a stroll through DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass - an industrial-turned-boutique neighborhood) to
Fulton Ferry Landing and Brooklyn Bridge Park in
downtown Brooklyn.
In 1860, a bridge to span the East River would have to be twice as long as the previously longest bridge to not disrupt the country’s busiest waterway. But genius bridge engineer and inventor John Augustus Roebling would not be daunted and designed the Gothic suspension bridge in 1869, only to die due to a bizarre ferry accident before construction began.
It was John's son Washington Roebling and Washington's wife Emily who took over the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. With an army of immigrant workmen who endured working in the hellish caissons, this extraordinary team built the bridge we have today.
In 1860, a bridge to span the East River would have to be twice as long as the previously longest bridge to not disrupt the country’s busiest waterway. But genius bridge engineer and inventor John Augustus Roebling would not be daunted and designed the Gothic suspension bridge in 1869, only to die due to a bizarre ferry accident before construction began.
It was John's son Washington Roebling and Washington's wife Emily who took over the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. With an army of immigrant workmen who endured working in the hellish caissons, this extraordinary team built the bridge we have today.
Gallery
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Tour the Brooklyn Bridge
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Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
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Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1883
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Happy Birthday Brooklyn Bridge tour
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Tour across the Brooklyn Bridge
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Bike tour across the Brooklyn Bridge
