#roebling

Na, wer hat es gewusst? ⬇️

O Tempo.

O tempo, diz a teoria, é a quarta dimensão.

E, porém, para o homem mortal, o tempo não tem dimensão alguma.

Somos como cavalos com antolhos, vendo apenas o que está diante de nós.

Sempre adivinhando o futuro e fabricando o passado.

Como levantar esses grilhões e viver não apenas no presente,

mas na extensão gloriosa do continuum do tempo?

Escutem pois eu vou contar:

O segredo está no poder duradouro de nossas conquistas, de nossas criações.

Cincinnati, OH

What do Cincinnati, Brooklyn, and the Titanic have in common?

The answer is below, but first:

One of the first things I noticed when we got to Cincinnati, after the huge sports stadiums, was a really cool bridge spanning over the Ohio, connecting Kentucky to Cincinnati: the 1867 John A. Roebling Bridge, the longest bridge in the world at the time.

It was a gray day in Cincinnati, but the bridge was still tremendously cool.

The bridge opened officially on January 1, 1867, and later that year the design engineer, John Roebling, would go on to start designing the Brooklyn Bridge.

Unfortunately, Roebling would die from tetanus a couple years later so his son, Washington, also an engineer, would take over. Ultimately, Washington's own health issues hindered his ability to work, so it was Washington's wife Emily that would finish the Brooklyn project in 1883!

Above: Brooklyn Bridge, c. 1883.