What color was the Brooklyn Bridge?
What color was the Brooklyn Bridge? The battle was between “Rawlins Red” and “Brooklyn Bridge Tan”. Proponents of “Rawlins Red” argued red was the original color from the iron oxide pigment derived from iron oxide mined near Rawlins, Wyoming. However, the new school won out and the bridge was painted “Brooklyn Bridge Tan”. There you have it.
Is Brooklyn Bridge the oldest?
Brooklyn Bridge is a suspension/cable-stay hybrid bridge in New York City that connects Manhattan and Brooklyn. It is one of the oldest suspension bridges in United States (completed in 1883) and a first steel-wire suspension bridge in the world.