"U" bolt from the Brooklyn Bridge
date: label: date made
content: Late 19th century
name: label: associated person
content: Perry, Richard G.
notes: label: Description
content: The Brooklyn Bridge began construction in 1869 and was the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time of its completion in 1883; it was also the first to use steel cables. As an iconic image of New York and a pioneering feat of 19th-century engineering, the Brooklyn Bridge is now a U.S. National Historic Landmark. This U bolt is believed to have been used in the cable spinning operation used to construct the bridge. To celebrate the bridge’s centennial, this bolt was removed from the Brooklyn Bridge after just over a hundred years of use and, in 1986, donated to the Smithsonian.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Brooklyn Bridge Centennial Commission
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0393.04
label: accession number
content: 1986.0393
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0393.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: "U" Bolt
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall:;