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Excerpt from A Complete History of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge: From Its Conception in 1866 to Its Completion in 1883
The tide of travel begins to ?ow back and forth over the great structure which now unites the largest and the third largest cities of the Union, the Atlantic pulsating between. N 0 longer can the impatient passenger over the East River, detained by fog or ice, look up at the slowly-growing causeway overhead, and wonder to himself and his neighbor whether he shall live to cross it, and incredulously shake his head. The old Brooklyn resident sees the task accomplished; and the long years of waiting dwindle to a moment smaller than that in which the Arabian Nights hero ducked his head in the tub of water, and experienced the vicissitudes of half a lifetime before he drew it out again, and all within the com pass of a breath. How recent seems the agitation whether such a thing were possible; the various plans, bordering all the way from Sober sanity to stark inanity; how of yesterday the persistent face and figure that buttonholed the traveller at Fulton and Main Streets.
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The tide of travel begins to ?ow back and forth over the great structure which now unites the largest and the third largest cities of the Union, the Atlantic pulsating between. N 0 longer can the impatient passenger over the East River, detained by fog or ice, look up at the slowly-growing causeway overhead, and wonder to himself and his neighbor whether he shall live to cross it, and incredulously shake his head. The old Brooklyn resident sees the task accomplished; and the long years of waiting dwindle to a moment smaller than that in which the Arabian Nights hero ducked his head in the tub of water, and experienced the vicissitudes of half a lifetime before he drew it out again, and all within the com pass of a breath. How recent seems the agitation whether such a thing were possible; the various plans, bordering all the way from Sober sanity to stark inanity; how of yesterday the persistent face and figure that buttonholed the traveller at Fulton and Main Streets.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
S. W. Green
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780365411109
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
Page Count - 112
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Contributors
Author
S. W. Green
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780282568481
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
Page Count - 114
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