3-January... Beginning of Construction - Brooklyn Bridge...


The US Postal Administration commemorated the 100th anniversary of "Brooklyn Bridge", the largest suspension bridge and an engineering marvel in the year 1983...

Built across the East river, the construction of the bridge connecting New York with that of Brooklyn started on this day in the year 1870... An iconic piece of American architecture, "Brooklyn Bridge" was officially opened by the US President Chester A Arthur and New York Governor Grover Cleveland in the year 1883...

This stamp can be collected under the themes:

(a) Bridges / Suspension bridges...
(b) Architecture...
(c) Anniversaries...

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