Engineering Ground Zero Last year, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, NOVA presented an epic story of engineering, innovation, and the perseverance of the human spirit. With extraordinary access granted by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, “Engineering Ground Zero” followed the five-year construction of One World Trade Center and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. Watch the full episode and learn more about the program.
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Engineering Ground Zero

Last year, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, NOVA presented an epic story of engineering, innovation, and the perseverance of the human spirit.

With extraordinary access granted by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, “Engineering Ground Zero” followed the five-year construction of One World Trade Center and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.

Watch the full episode and learn more about the program.

Source: to.pbs.org

May 24, 1883: Brooklyn Bridge Opens to Traffic On this day in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge opened to traffic. The first person to cross the bridge was Emily Roebling, wife of project engineer Washington Roebling. Washington Roebling had become sick after taking over for his father, John Roebling, who had died as a result of a freak accident at the construction site. Having studied mathematics and the concepts of bridge building, Emily assisted her husband throughout the entire construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. The period after the Civil War was a time of great transition – and innovation – in the United States. From the Ken Burns’s Brooklyn Bridge site, this timeline shows the progression of the New York-Brooklyn Bridge, which was the premier engineering feat of its time, and puts its construction in greater historical context.
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May 24, 1883: Brooklyn Bridge Opens to Traffic

On this day in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge opened to traffic. The first person to cross the bridge was Emily Roebling, wife of project engineer Washington Roebling. Washington Roebling had become sick after taking over for his father, John Roebling, who had died as a result of a freak accident at the construction site.

Having studied mathematics and the concepts of bridge building, Emily assisted her husband throughout the entire construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

The period after the Civil War was a time of great transition – and innovation – in the United States. From the Ken Burns’s Brooklyn Bridge site, this timeline shows the progression of the New York-Brooklyn Bridge, which was the premier engineering feat of its time, and puts its construction in greater historical context.

Source: to.pbs.org

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