Break from the Grind May 24, 2011
TRIVIAL PURSUITS: What Was the Brooklyn Bridge Originally Called?
May 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Brooklyn Bridge wasn’t officially named that until 1915.
Reported by Nevin E. Adams
What was it called when it opened?
Answer:
Originally referred to as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and as the East River Bridge, it was dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge in a January 25, 1867 letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle,and formally so named by the city government in 1915.
As a weird piece of trivia, one week after the opening of the not-yet-called Brooklyn Bridge (May 30, 1883), a rumor that it was going to collapse caused a stampede, which crushed and killed at least twelve people.
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