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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 3526618" data-attributes="member: 1246">May 24, 1883&nbsp;After 14 years and 27 deaths while being constructed, the <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/brooklyn-bridge" target="_blank">Brooklyn Bridge</a> over the East River is opened, connecting the great cities of <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-york" target="_blank">New York</a> and Brooklyn for the first time in history. Thousands of residents of Brooklyn and Manhattan Island turned out to witness the dedication ceremony, which was presided over by President <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/chester-a-arthur" target="_blank">Chester A. Arthur</a> and New York Governor <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/grover-cleveland" target="_blank">Grover Cleveland</a>. Designed by the late John A. Roebling, the Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge ever built to that date.<a href="https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrUi3L8tAZbIXwAOkOJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIzNW84aDJkBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANhZmUzNzQ1MjQwMDVkMWI3YzAwYTgyMTFhZjFlMjc1NgRncG9zAzE1BGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&amp;back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DBrooklyn%2BBridge%2Bopening%26fr%3Dymyy-t-999%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D15&amp;w=900&amp;h=593&amp;imgurl=images.fineartamerica.com%2Fimages-medium-large%2Fny-brooklyn-bridge-1883-granger.jpg&amp;rurl=https%3A%2F%2Ffineartamerica.com%2Ffeatured%2Fny-brooklyn-bridge-1883-granger.html&amp;size=160.3KB&amp;name=Ny%3A+%3Cb%3EBrooklyn%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EBridge%3C%2Fb%3E%2C+1883+Photograph+by+Granger&amp;p=Brooklyn+Bridge+opening&amp;oid=afe374524005d1b7c00a8211af1e2756&amp;fr2=&amp;fr=ymyy-t-999&amp;tt=Ny%3A+%3Cb%3EBrooklyn%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EBridge%3C%2Fb%3E%2C+1883+Photograph+by+Granger&amp;b=0&amp;ni=120&amp;no=15&amp;ts=&amp;tab=organic&amp;sigr=128mc6gil&amp;sigb=137fo8hch&amp;sigi=12hg2ntgk&amp;sigt=11tefk450&amp;sign=11tefk450&amp;.crumb=PbKihAkmHjS&amp;fr=ymyy-t-999" target="_blank"><img src="https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.m0j02UopSIzSISSQsyjXawHaE4&amp;pid=15.1&amp;P=0&amp;w=229&amp;h=152" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 3526618, member: 1246"] May 24, 1883 After 14 years and 27 deaths while being constructed, the [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/brooklyn-bridge'][U]Brooklyn Bridge[/U][/URL] over the East River is opened, connecting the great cities of [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-york'][U]New York[/U][/URL] and Brooklyn for the first time in history. Thousands of residents of Brooklyn and Manhattan Island turned out to witness the dedication ceremony, which was presided over by President [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/chester-a-arthur'][U]Chester A. Arthur[/U][/URL] and New York Governor [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/grover-cleveland'][U]Grover Cleveland[/U][/URL]. Designed by the late John A. Roebling, the Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge ever built to that date. [URL='https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrUi3L8tAZbIXwAOkOJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIzNW84aDJkBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANhZmUzNzQ1MjQwMDVkMWI3YzAwYTgyMTFhZjFlMjc1NgRncG9zAzE1BGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DBrooklyn%2BBridge%2Bopening%26fr%3Dymyy-t-999%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D15&w=900&h=593&imgurl=images.fineartamerica.com%2Fimages-medium-large%2Fny-brooklyn-bridge-1883-granger.jpg&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Ffineartamerica.com%2Ffeatured%2Fny-brooklyn-bridge-1883-granger.html&size=160.3KB&name=Ny%3A+%3Cb%3EBrooklyn%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EBridge%3C%2Fb%3E%2C+1883+Photograph+by+Granger&p=Brooklyn+Bridge+opening&oid=afe374524005d1b7c00a8211af1e2756&fr2=&fr=ymyy-t-999&tt=Ny%3A+%3Cb%3EBrooklyn%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EBridge%3C%2Fb%3E%2C+1883+Photograph+by+Granger&b=0&ni=120&no=15&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=128mc6gil&sigb=137fo8hch&sigi=12hg2ntgk&sigt=11tefk450&sign=11tefk450&.crumb=PbKihAkmHjS&fr=ymyy-t-999'][IMG]https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.m0j02UopSIzSISSQsyjXawHaE4&pid=15.1&P=0&w=229&h=152[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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