Brooklyn Bridge is strong despite 150 -year -old calls and conflicts

On Saturday, the deadly conflict of the Mexican Navy with the Brooklyn Bridge, resulting in two deaths, is not an accident of its kind. This is the concern of the Ciphors before the bridge is fully constructed.The Brooklyn Bridge, which was the first bridge in the world using steel for cable wire, has been a witness to quite tragic events.19th century: First exampleOne of the first examples of such a collision returned in the 19th century, when the topmast of a passing US Navy Ship hit the wires of the span. Since then, ships have continued to clip into the iconic New York structure. Completed in 1883, Brooklyn Bridge connects Brooklyn and Manhattan’s boro to the eastern River. Its underside reaches a maximum height of about 135 feet, which varies with tide.Bridge trial reaches the Supreme CourtWhile the bridge was still under construction, the owner of a warehouse initially sued the authorities to stop the bridge and then for compensation. He argued that the top mast of the ships collided with the bridge. The case made it in the US Supreme Court, the court ruled that the bridge did not ban any ship navigation.Even before this decision was passed, at least one ship collided with a stable-building bridge. 1878: USS collides with Minnesota BridgeThe New York Daily Tribune dated back in 1878, a US naval training ship called USS Minnesota with a bridge as it had to change the course to escape from an upcoming ship.By the time the bridge was fully constructed, steam ships began to transport most of the goods and high-masked ships were not preferred as Richard How, according to Richard Howcear, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at John J. College of Criminal Justice. Richard has also published two books on Brooklyn Bridge.20th century: strike continuesDespite this, the mast strike continued with a report of at least two in the 1920s. An article by the New York Times reported that in 1941, SS Nyus, who was bringing hundreds of refugees, collided with the bridge with a “crunching sound”.With the beginning of the 20th century, the ships became long and wider, and they still required mast -like structures for navigation. During World War II, Brooklyn Navy Yard built large ships that could barely fit under the bridge.A picture of 1961 shows that the USS constellation aircraft shows its mast to avoid any friction with the bridge.In the last two decades, there have been minor incidents, including a 2012 incident, where a crane taken by Budra killed the temporary scaffolding under the bridge.21st century: deadly collisionNone of modern accidents until 18 May was fatal in nature, when a Mexican Navy ship collided with a bridge, causing two deaths and injuring one and 19. When the tragedy took place, the ship was designed to depart for a goodwill tour for Iceland.The Center for Brooklyn History’s chief historian Dominic Jean-Luis commented, “This is the first and possibly only time where there is a ship on a ship that killed the Brooklin Bridge.”Even if not in water, Brooklyn Bridge has seen tragedies for a long time. While constructing the bridge, more than 20 people were killed and countless were abanded. In 1883, a terror-operated stampede also killed 12 people.