Existing comment:
The Brooklyn Bridge was the first steel-wire suspension bridge and the first to use pneumatic chambers during construction. When it opened on May 24, 1883 after 14 years of construction, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world.
BROOKLYN BRIDGE Commemorative stamp
MEDIUM board, gesso, acrylic
ILLUSTRATOR Howard Koslow (b. 1924)
ART DIRECTOR Howard Paine
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE May 17, 1983 |