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 Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney's greatest tourism icon) - on a par with San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, New York's Statue of Liberty, London's Tower Bridge and the Eiffel Tower in Paris-took eight years to build and opened in March 1932.