🌉 The Brooklyn Bridge is an icon of NYC… but it was built at a terrible cost. ⚠️ Workers in pressurized caissons suffered from the bends — dizziness, pain, even death. Find out how this hidden danger almost stopped construction. #brooklynbridge #nychistory #toursbyfoot | Tours by Foot - New York City
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