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August 27, 2015
“Everybody in the wood business says the longleaf pine tree was the best wood the Lord ever made,”
The largest mass of longleaf pine in the city probably sits under the two towers of the Brooklyn Bridge. Completed in 1883, the bridge was built using caissons, essentially enormous airtight timber chambers that engineers sank into the riverbed, allowing workers inside to dig deeper into the earth below and workers above water to construct stone towers on top. Salvaging a Long-Lasting Wood, and New York City’s Past
Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 27, 2015 3:07 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.