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From the Ted Talk by Alex Gendler: Epic Engineering Building the Brooklyn Bridge
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_______ _______ had been used for some other bridges but the scope of Roebling’s plan here dwarfed them all. His new bridge’s deck _______ over 480 meters— 1.5 times ______ than any previously built suspension bridge. Since standard hemp rope would tear under the deck’s 14,680 tons, his proposal ______ for over 5,600 kilometers of metal wire to create the bridge’s cables. To support all this ______, the towers would need to stand over 90 meters above sea level— making them the tallest structures in the Western Hemisphere.
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Original Text
Similar designs had been used for some other bridges but the scope of Roebling’s plan here dwarfed them all. His new bridge’s deck spanned over 480 meters— 1.5 times longer than any previously built suspension bridge. Since standard hemp rope would tear under the deck’s 14,680 tons, his proposal called for over 5,600 kilometers of metal wire to create the bridge’s cables. To support all this weight, the towers would need to stand over 90 meters above sea level— making them the tallest structures in the Western Hemisphere.
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