The Brooklyn Bridge & Pulaski Skyway

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Across
  1. 2. What were the wooden boxes called that workers used to excavate the riverbed?
  2. 4. What country was the creator of the bridge born in?
  3. 7. The Brooklyn Bridge connects the two _______ of Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York.
  4. 8. The Brookly Bridge was dubbed the "eighth ______ of the world."
  5. 11. To prove it was stable, P.T. Barnum led 21 ______ over the Brooklyn Bridge in 1884.
  6. 12. John Augustus _____ was the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.
  7. 13. Legislators approved the steel _________ bridge, boasting the longest span in the world.
Down
  1. 1. The workers, who were often immigrants,earned approximately $2 a day.
  2. 3. A boat smashed the toes on one of Roebling's feet while he was taking some readings, causing him to die of _____.
  3. 5. This animal, a symbol of victory, was in the lap of Emily Roebling as she was given the first ride over the Brooklyn Bridge.
  4. 6. New York Governor, _______ _______ presided over the dedication ceremony.
  5. 9. The painful symptoms known as "caisson disease" was also called ___ _____.
  6. 10. The bridge cost $15 ______ to build.