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🗓️ 24 May 2023
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May 24, 1883. The Brooklyn Bridge opens to the public, becoming the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time of completion.
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0:20.5 | It's the summer of 1841 in rural Pennsylvania. |
0:24.4 | John Robling, a German-American civil engineer, works feverishly at his desk. |
0:29.3 | Until recently, John was a farmer, but when he failed to achieve any success working in the field, |
0:34.7 | he decided to fall back on his training as an engineer. |
0:37.9 | Now, the lean, balding, 35-year-old is hoping to win a contract from the Pennsylvania |
0:42.8 | Canal Commission to improve their system for transporting boats across the Allegheny Mountains. |
0:48.2 | John has come up with a potentially game-changing innovation. He noticed that hemp rope |
0:53.0 | used to haul the boats is unreliable, prone to fraying and snapping. |
0:56.8 | So he devised a new stronger kind of rope made of interwoven iron threads. |
1:01.8 | John hopes that this innovative wire cable will become the new industry standard |
1:05.9 | and catapult him to fame and fortune. |
1:09.6 | John puts down his pencil, stands, and walks across the room. |
1:13.3 | He pushes open the door and steps outside. |
1:16.1 | John has enlisted the help of half the town in manufacturing his wire cable, |
1:20.2 | and his backyard is a hive of activity. |
1:22.8 | John watches with satisfaction as neighbors, friends, and relatives carefully weave together |
1:27.9 | at the metal strands. He strolls across the yard to the coils of completed wire cables stacked |
1:33.3 | by the barn. Taking the end of one length of cable, John clamors up a ladder and positions |
1:38.7 | himself on the edge of the barn roof. He calls out to some of his laborers, instructing them to |
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