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.
It got its name from the borough of Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Bridge connects the borough of Manhattan to the borough of Brooklyn. Originally it was called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, but that was before Brooklyn became part of New York City. <br /><br />Before the five boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island) consolidated into one city, New York City consisted of just Manhattan.