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.
3. ROEBLING PAID A HIGH PRICE FOR THE BRIDGE. The Brooklyn Bridge was Roeblingâs brainchild, but he wouldnât live to see its completion. While making measurements for the future bridge in 1869, a ferry crushed Roeblingâs foot. The engineer developed tetanus as a result of these wounds and passed away in July 1869.