One of the most epic engineering feats in history - Alex Gendler

John Robling was very smart. So was his son Washington Robling.

This is a really good summary. I take offense that you used the foreign metriq measurements. Mr Roebling was from europe. He used feet & inches, fractions. He did not try to offend by using the unfamiliar gibberrish. You have zero respect for the Roeblings by spoiling their work with metriq !

Fun fact: John Roebling was the architect for the Roebling Bridge in Cincinnati/Covington and even used it as inspiration for the Brooklyn Bridge!

Reading the Engineer's Wife right now..

400 million dollars adjusted for inflation.
Just think about that... I know of at least 2 people in California who can build their own Brooklyn Bridge.... After tax is deducted from those lottery wins.

Such a crazy 19th century megastructure

Me, partway through the video: "Oh. They mean that definition of epic."

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It's nice how you shown the legendary twin towers in the vid. Rip and god bless.

amazing engineering

1883 insane

I have never seen this popular brigdge in real life but I have seen it getting destructed In so many movies I can't even remember the numebr

Damn men making wonders

Amazing human engineering. This family's life work to build the Brooklyn Bridge could be made into a thrilling movie. Most people have no idea what it took to build these bridges that we humans take for granted everyday just mindlessly driving over as if it's nothing. These bridges were built to last centuries.

One of the bridges that you say Roebling was influenced by was a bridge he designed lol

...you MUST read David McCullough's "The Great Bridge'!!!

Super. Great. One mistake. Roebling died 1869, not 1859. But it is not so important.

“If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell to you”

Why is the content of this video in the Korean high school exam questions? I just don't understand. I hate my school

현수교, 건축공학에 대한 좋은 컨텐츠입니다. ㅎ

10/10

People walk and drive over it everyday having no idea dozens and dozens of brave men died constructing it.

Nice short synopsis. Thanks!😀

So John Roebling is Washington... I'm confused lol

So John Roebling is Washington... I'm confused lol

Very interesting, but my burning question is why did Emily Roebling carry a rooster across the bridge? Was she trying to start a new question: ”Why did the rooster cross the bridge?”?

The designer also designed the bridge to handle 6x more weight than they ever expected it to, that's why it can still handle the weight of cars now.

This video is great👍 Ted Ed should do the World Trade Center next

Roebling from my hometown of saxonburg PA!

I wish I had a wife like Emily she took care of business when her man was at his lowest and she took pride in her work

Your video is best to watch before sleep… that calm voice make my sleepy every time

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Almost everything related to infrastructure that we take for granted involved so much suffering that we don't know anything about.

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Men did this. Not women. Men died building this bridge, and countless other structures and engineering feats. Remember that.

I think we dont worship modern medicine enough.

My great grandfather slept under the Brooklyn Bridge for his first week after immigrating from Ireland

Washington was not Paralized. Read Mc Cullough's Book. !!!!!!!!!!!

Nice

Full details documentary pls

This is a magnificent video!

Looking for a non metric version of this video. HFS.

I bought this bridge years ago!

American history ? It s like a new born baby anyways. lol

This was fascinating, thanks for a brilliant uplolad.

American Western tech is amazing

The technology of pneumatic caissons wasn’t untested or novel. It had been invented to build the recently completed Eads Bridge across the Mississippi River in St. Louis. The Eads Bridge was also was the first steel bridge. These technical advancements in St. Louis revolutionized bridge and building construction worldwide, including the soon-to-be constructed Brooklyn Bridge and Eiffel Tower.

Read the book Chief engineer, really epic book.

This bridge could not be built today. Those who proposed its construction could never overcome federal objections.