In the Studio: Brooklyn Yellow [Brooklyn Yellow (2012) Brooklyn
Bridge (1883) John A. Roebling, designer & chief engineer,
Washington Roebling, chief engineer /Image & Artwork:
designslinger studio] It all began in April 1867 when the New
York legislature gave the okay. The New York Bridge Company
could go ahead and start getting to work building the world's
longest suspension bridge, joining Brooklyn and Manhattan. The
bridge's road bed would be suspended in the air by masses of
bundled wire cables stretched over two towering towers, designed
and engineered by John A. Roebling. [Brooklyn Yellow - ink mix
/Image & Artwork: designslinger studio] Roebling didn't mince
words. "The contemplated work, when constructed in accordance
with my design, will not only be the greatest bridge in
existence, but it will be the greatest engineering work of this
continent, and of the age. Its most conspicuous features, the
towers, will serve as landmarks to the adjoining cities, and
they will be ranked as national monuments."