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A Source of Inspiration

Season 1 Episode 1 | 5m 09s

The Brooklyn Bridge has developed into an object of cultural significance, and has moved poets, sculptors, painters, and architects to sing its praises.

Funding Provided by: General Motors; The Corporation for Public Broadcasting; New York Council for the Humanities; NEH; Citibank, N.A.; Abraham & Strauss; American Society of Civil Engineers; NY Telephone; Consolidated Edison; NY State Council for the Arts; Brooklyn Union Gas; Kings County Democratic Committee; Constans-Culver Foundation; New York Dock Railway; and W.R. Grace & Co.
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Construction of the bridge consists of two granite towers and a series of steel cables.
Since its opening over 130 years ago, the bridge has become an icon of New York City.
The bridge is the archetypal monument.
David McCullough talks about the Brooklyn Bridge.
Trace the bridge's transformation from a feat of heroic engineering to an honored symbol.
Trace the bridge's transformation from a feat of heroic engineering to an honored symbol.