Brooklyn Bridge

A Community Of Builders

Clip: Season 1 | 59s

David McCullough talks about the Brooklyn Bridge.

Aired: 01/06/12

Rating: NR

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Funding Provided by: General Motors;CPB;PBS;New York Council for the Humanities;NEH;Citibank, N.A.; Abraham & Strauss; American Society of Civil Engineers; NY Telephone; Consolidated Edison; NY State Council for the Arts; Brooklyn Union Gas; Kings County Democratic Committee;Constans-Culver Foundation; New York Dock Railway; and W.R. Grace & Co.

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