By the summer of 1850, various versions of a short skirt and trousers, or Turkish dress, were being worn by readers of the Water-Cure Journal as well as women patients at the nationâs health resorts. After wearing the style in private, some began wearing it in public.
Lesson Plans. 1. The Brooklyn Bridge, constructed between 1869-1883, is a symbol of late 19th-century innovation and progress. It was the first suspension bridge to use steel for its cable wire and the first to use pneumatic caissons.
The Brooklyn Bridge is a hallmark in American invention and creativity and is known as the 8th wonder of the world. At the time of its construction, the Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world with a span of from pier to pier 1595.5 feet.The towers are 270 feet high and the roadway is 135 feet above mean tide-water, which allows boats of less than 1,000 tons to navigate beneath it.hen it first opened, the Brooklyn Bridge was divided into five divisions. As seen in the picture to the left, the bridge was comprised of two carriage ways on the outside, a pedestrian promenade in the middle, and two railways between the promenade and carriage way.