Brooklyn Bridge Essay
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The Brooklyn Bridge
Over the East River in New York City stands the Brooklyn Bridge, connecting the Brooklyn and Manhattan boroughs. From end to end, the bridge spans 6,016 feet and weighs a heavy 14,680 tons. Ever since construction on the Brooklyn Bridge was completed in 1883, the bridge has offered a safe route with scenic views to tens of thousands of tourists and commuters who have traveled it via train, car, pushcart, and bicycle. The history behind the Brooklyn Bridge is definitely intriguing as well as important because many fatalities occurred in the construction process, including one which occurred before construction on the bridge even started. Also, a lot of workers, time and money were used in building the bridge. In addition,
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After Roebling’s success in bridging the Niagara Gorge using a web truss for stabilization, New York legislators granted Roebling permission to construct the world’s first steel suspension bridge, which would connect Manhattan and Brooklyn. Unfortunately, however, Roebling did not get to see his idea come to fruition. While taking final compass readings, some of Roebling's toes were smashed by a boat, leading to his contracting tetanus, from which he died three weeks later. After John Augustus Roebling's death, his son, Washington A. Roebling, who had collaborated with his father on many projects and had helped design the Brooklyn Bridge, took the project into his own hands, becoming “Chief Engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge”.
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For example, a blast of compressed air ruined a caisson, which slowed the process of building the bridge. Construction was also delayed by a weeks-long fire in one of the caissons. In addition, a cable became detached from its anchorage and fell into the East River, and there was a fraud involving a steel-wire contractor that required tons of cable to be
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the brooklyn bridge is a safe route with scenic views to tens of thousands of tourists and commuters who travel it via train, car, pushcart, and bicycle.
- Explains that the german-born engineer john augustus roebling was the creator of the brooklyn bridge, and for a short period, its chief engineer.
- Describes the challenges faced by the workers who excavated the riverbed, such as caisson disease, which plagued over 100 workers, including chief engineer washington roebling, who contracted the disease while working on the bridge.
- Explains that the brooklyn bridge is a safe route with scenic views to tens of thousands of tourists and commuters who travel it via train, car, pushcart, and bicycle.
- Explains that the german-born engineer john augustus roebling was the creator of the brooklyn bridge, and for a short period, its chief engineer.
- Describes the challenges faced by the workers who excavated the riverbed, such as caisson disease, which plagued over 100 workers, including chief engineer washington roebling, who contracted the disease while working on the bridge.
- Describes the obstacles and accidents that took place during the construction of the brooklyn bridge.
- Describes how p. t. barnum and 21 of his elephants walked across the brooklyn bridge and showed everyone that it was stable. people can now drive, walk, or ride bikes to travel on the bridge.
- Explains that the brooklyn bridge has been of great value to the people of america who travel from manhattan to brooklyn and vice versa.
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- Describes how the wind excited the bridge's transverse vibration mode to its maximum amplitude of vibration of 0.5 m within three hours. the torsional mode shape was such that bridge was effectively divided into two halves.
- Explains that the tacoma narrows bridge could be explanded with three thories: random turbulence, periodic vortex shedding, and aerodynamic kinstability.
- Explains that theodore von karman, a famous aeronautical engineer, was convinced that vortex shedding drove the bridge oscillations.
- Explains that the torsional mode frequency was 0.2 hz, which was observed by professor farquharson, who witnessed the collapes of the bridge.
- Explains that the failure of tacoma narrows bridge led engineers to understand wind load as a static and dynamic load.
- Explains that a new tacoma narrows bridge was built in 1950. the second bridge had truss girders which allowed the winds to pass through without aerodynamic instability.
- Explains that the destruction of the tacoma narrows bridge remains a favourite with educators engineers at all levels.
1274 wordsRead More - Central Park 5 Essayanalytical essayGender and Race play the most prominent role in the criminal justice system. As seen in the movie Central Park 5, five African American boys were charged with the rape of the a white women. In class decision we’ve discussed how the media explodes when it reports cross-racial crimes. The Central Park 5 were known everywhere and even terms were being made up during the process such as wilding. Also, during one of the class discussions it was brought up that victims of crime are of the same race of the perpetrator. However, the media likes to sensationalize crime of the victim being of a different race, because it makes for a good story. By doing this, the media does create more of a division of race. As seen in the video Donald Trump was trying
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the media explodes when it reports cross-racial crimes, citing van cleve and mayes (2015). in america, the ratio of incarceration from black to white is eight to one.
- Argues that the best way to prevent this context from influencing further practices is to change the whole system itself.
- Opines that policymakers don't want to admit that the system is flawed by race and gender. by not admitting that there is a disjunction, they further divide race in the country.
- Analyzes how the media explodes when it reports cross-racial crimes, citing van cleve and mayes (2015). in america, the ratio of incarceration from black to white is eight to one.
- Argues that the best way to prevent this context from influencing further practices is to change the whole system itself.
- Opines that policymakers don't want to admit that the system is flawed by race and gender. by not admitting that there is a disjunction, they further divide race in the country.
- Analyzes how the central park 5 movie tied everything they've been discussing in class and how police neglected to look at surrounding crime areas.
1026 wordsRead More - Silver Bridge Collapse Essayexplanatory essayIn December of 1967, a Highway bridge that connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Kanauga, Ohio collapsed into the Ohio River (Silver Bridge Collapse). When the failure occurred, all vehicles traveling fell with the bridge. With the outrageous number of fatalities and injuries, one of the most important transportation routes had been demolished (Silver Bridge Collapse). In 1928, The American Bridge Company designed the Silver Bridge as a two-lane eye-bar suspension bridge. It measured at 2,235 feet in length and was specifically structured by the American Society of Civil Engineers (Silver Bridge Collapse). The bridge was named the “Silver Bridge” because it was the first aluminum painted bridge in the nation. It was designed with a twenty-two-foot roadway and one five-foot sidewalk (Silver Bridge Collapse). The Silver Bridge was also the very first eye-bar suspension bridge built In the United States.
In this essay, the author
- Describes how a highway bridge that connected point pleasant, west virginia and kanauga, ohio collapsed into the ohio river in 1967. the american bridge company designed the silver bridge, which was the first aluminum painted bridge in the nation.
- Explains how the bridge collapsed, causing severe injuries and deaths, was a devastating event for commuters. the cause of the collapse was unknown at the time and had to be thoroughly inspected.
- Explains that although the silver bridge collapsed, there were positives that came from it. bridge routines and in-depth inspections were put into place after the collapse to prevent another disaster.
- Describes how a highway bridge that connected point pleasant, west virginia and kanauga, ohio collapsed into the ohio river in 1967. the american bridge company designed the silver bridge, which was the first aluminum painted bridge in the nation.
- Explains how the bridge collapsed, causing severe injuries and deaths, was a devastating event for commuters. the cause of the collapse was unknown at the time and had to be thoroughly inspected.
- Explains that although the silver bridge collapsed, there were positives that came from it. bridge routines and in-depth inspections were put into place after the collapse to prevent another disaster.
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