#Bridge May 18

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Today for the 30-Day Podcast Coach4aday Challenge my theme is BRIDGE.

There are lots of famous river spans in the United States and one of them is the Brooklyn BRIDGE. In 1852 Manhattan had a population of 500,000 and was the largest city in the US. Right across the East River was Brooklyn which had a population of 100,000 which made it the 7th largest city in the US. The only way to cross at this time was by ferry.

John Roebling was one of those people who had to take a ferry to get to Manhattan and it galled him because of the amount of time or delays a ferry would encounter. The story goes he got stuck on ferry and dreamed about building the Brooklyn Bridge. That dream in 1852 became a reality in 1883.

Day 19-Podcast

History can be some interesting if you have the correct storyteller. I think I found a good one in the podcast called “History That Doesn’t Suck” (HTDS) hosted by Greg Jackson who is a professor at Utah Valley State University. The episode I listened to was called “The Brooklyn Bridge, or the story of the Roebling Family and it aired June 2021. Here is a link to that episode.

Podcast Takeaways

Roebling and his family paid an ultimate price to build the Brooklyn Bridge. He moved to the US from Prussia and was a fabulous engineer. One credit to his legacy includes introducing wire rope to his new adopted homeland and takes bridge building to another level. That invention actually got him a nickname called “Man of Iron”. Roebling son Washington had a life full of accomplishments and many personal health issues from constructing the Brooklyn Bridge.