Completing a Father's Deadly Vision: Brooklyn Bridge | Sleep Story History

Описание: The morning of May 24, 1883, John Augustus Roebling stands at his hotel window overlooking the East River, sketching suspension cable calculations while ferry horns bellow through the humid air. His fingers trace the mathematical curve that will become the Brooklyn Bridge's main span, unaware that within hours a ferry will crush his foot against the Fulton Street dock, beginning a deadly legacy that will consume his family for fourteen years.

The Brooklyn Bridge construction reveals how obsessive engineering vision passes like a curse through generations

📖 A 1.5 hour audio documentary from Founders Rest • 1869-1883, New York

🌙 Designed for deep listening - whether you're winding down for sleep, on a long drive, or simply want to immerse yourself in history.

This episode explores themes of The gentle mathematical rhythm of cable calculations and load-bearing formulas, Quiet scenes of Emily reading engineering texts by gaslight in the evening, The steady, methodical progress of stone-by-stone tower construction.

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