The bridge: how the Roeblings connected Brooklyn to New York

More than 130 years after its completion, the Brooklyn Bridge remains one of the most extraordinary landmarks and symbols of New York City, and the story of its construction is just as extraordinary.

Although John Roebling is credited as the designer of the Brooklyn Bridge, it was actually his son Washington Roebling and Washington's wife Emily who saw the bridge from construction to completion.

Using the language of comics and a treasure trove of material from the Roeblings' personal archives, author Peter J.

Tomasi and illustrator Sara DuVall show the building of the Brooklyn Bridge as it has never been seen before, as well as the marriage based on intellectual equality and mutual support and respect that made it possible.