Ibhuloho yaseBrooklyn ingenye yamabhuloho aseMelika. Futhi, isetshenziswe kahle. Ngokusho kweNew York City uMnyango WezokuThutha, "izimoto ezingaphezu kuka-120,000, abahamba ngezinyawo ezingu-4 000, kanye namabhayisikili angu-2 600 abawela iBrooklyn Bridge nsuku zonke" (ngo-2016).
Ngokubukwa okumangalisayo kwe-Manhattan skyline, emfuleni, neSitatimende seLiberty, ibhuloho yindawo yokuhamba ngezinyawo ezithandwa kakhulu futhi ezikhuthazayo kuyo yonke iNew York.
Ukuvulwa kweBrooklyn eBrooklyn kwaba yiyokuqala kwezinguquko ezinkulu eziningana ezaguqula iBrooklyn ezivela ezindaweni zasemaphandleni zasemaphandleni ezinezindawo ezihlakazekile zibe yindawo eyaziwayo yaseManhattan.
Ibhuloho laseBrooklyn liyingxenye ebalulekile yomlando waseBrooklyn kanye nekusasa layo. Nazi ezinye amaqiniso amnandi ngaleli bhuloho eliheha abavakashi nabendawo.
Ibhuloho laseBrooklyn Liye Lathandwa Kakhulu
Ibhuloho laseBrooklyn lilokhu liyindawo ethandekayo yokuwela. Empeleni, lapho ivuliwe ngoMeyi 24 ngo-1883, abantu abaningi bawela leli bhuloho. Ngokusho kwe-History.com, "Kungakapheli amahora angu-24, abantu abangaba ngu-250 000 bahamba ngaphesheya kwebhuloho laseBrooklyn, besebenzisa indlela ebanzi ngaphezu komgwaqo uJohn Roebling aklanyelwe ukujabulela abahamba ngezinyawo."
Ama-sandhogs akha iBridge eBrooklyn
Ingabe igama elithi sandhog likhumbuza izithombe zezilwane okufanele zihlale eSedona? Eqinisweni, ama-sandhogs awazange abe yizilwane kodwa babe ngabantu.
Igama elithi sandhog laliyisigijimi sezisebenzi kwabasebenzi abakha iBridge eBrooklyn. Abaningi balaba basebenzi bezinye izihambi babeka i-granite neminye imisebenzi ukuze bagcwalise iBridge eBrooklyn. Ibhuloho yaqedwa ngo-1883. Futhi ngubani umuntu wokuqala owahamba ngaphesheya kwebhuloho? Kwakungu-Emily Roebling.
Izindleko zokwakha
Ngokusho kweAmerican-Historama.org, iBrooklyn Bridge, izindleko ezilinganiselwayo zokwakha kwakungu-$ 15,000,000.
Eminyakeni eyishumi nane, amadoda angaphezu kwamakhulu ayisithupha asebenza ekwakheni leli bhuloho lesithonjana. Izinto ziye zashintsha ngokuqinisekile eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule. Ngo-2016, ikhaya eliku-192 Columbia Heights, elibheke iBrooklyn Heights Promenade kanye nokuhamba okufutshane ukusuka kwibhuloho yakudala, kubiza cishe konke okwenzayo ukwakha iBridge eBrooklyn ngawo-1800. Leli khaya elihle lithengiswa ngamadola angaphezu kwezigidi eziyishumi nane.
Kukhona i-Cold War Bunker eBridge eBrooklyn
Ngo-March 2006, i-New York Times yashicilela isihloko esithile mayelana nomuntu obhekene nezimpi ezibandayo ezitholakalayo emgwaqeni "wathola izisekelo zeMashi eBrooklyn." I-bunker yagcwala abantu abangaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amathathu, imithi ehlanganisa uDextran, esetshenziselwa ukhathazeka, nezinye izinto. Indawo yokukhosela ingumkhiqizo wama-1950 lapho ama-United States akha izindlu zokulala eziningana phakathi neMpi Yomshoshaphansi. Ngokwe-athikili ye- New York Times , izazi-mlando ziphawula ukuthi "ukutholwa kwakuyingqayizivele, ngenxa yokuthi amabhokisi amakhodibhodi amaningi ayengeniswa ngeminyaka emibili ebaluleke kakhulu emlandweni wezimpi ezibandayo: ngo-1957, lapho amaSoviet eqala i-satellite ye-Sputnik, futhi ngo-1962. ", ngenkathi inkinga yeCompan missile ibonakala ibangela izwe ukuba libheke ekubhujisweni kwezinto zenuzi."
Izindlovu Zaya Kuyo yonke iBrooklyn Bridge
Izindlovu ze-PT Barnum zahamba ngaphesheya kweBrooklyn Bridge ngo-1884. Ibhuloho livuliwe ngonyaka lapho izindlovu ezingamashumi amabili nanye, kanye namakamela nezinye izilwane zawela leli bhuloho. UBarnum wayefuna ukufakazela ukuthi leli bhuloho liphephile futhi lifuna ukukhuthaza i-escus yakhe.
I-Aoll To Cross the Bridge
Kube khona icala lokuwela leli bhuloho elidumile. Ngokusho kweAmerican-Historama.org, "ukukhokhwa kokuqala ukwenza iBrooklyn Bridge iwele enye ipente yokuwela ngezinyawo, ama-5 amasenti amahhashi nomgibeli ukuwela kanye namasenti angu-10 ngehhashi nenqola. Intengo ekhokhelwa izilwane zasemapulazini kwakuyizinkulungwane ezingu-5 kwenkomo kanye namasenti amabili ngehogi noma izimvu. "
Ihlelwe ngu-Alison Lowenstein