Having lived in Cincinnati and now in Northern Kentucky for almost 60 years, I have been over the Roebling bridge here many times - by car, by bus, and on foot. Thanks for mentioning this fine structure in this episode. There was a delay in the completion of the bridge due to the Civil War. Ohio was a Union state and Kentucky was a "border state" but had lots of southern sympathizers and slave holders. When built, the city fathers in Cincinnati did not want the bridge to connect to the main roads on both sides of the river to impede Cincinnati folks from having quick access to Kentucky shops, etc. The connector roads are still the same way today - "curvy and twisted"!!!7😮
Whenever I am in NYC, I can't help but think about "How much Money it took to build everything?" It's not just the buildings, but all of the infrastructure, it's truly a staggering amount.
And the infrastructure of NYC is incredibly widespread. The Eerie Canal was essentially proposed and built by NYC in order to beat New Orleans for access to all of the resources of the Midwest. The water and aqueduct system reaches to the northern Catskills.
Very interesting to see the metamorphosis of THG, from his early days adorned w/ a brush cut, when I first sub'd, to today's salt and pepper doo, but always w/ that stylish bowtie.
The blackout of 1977 got a fun reference in the 1990 series "The Flash". In the ep "Ghost in the Machine", Officer Murphy brags about winning thousands in a poker game with the Corelli twins while they were all stuck in a lift. 😂
The cables for the bridge were produced by Robling Steel in Trenton, NJ. “Trenton makes, the World Takes”. Or Trenton Makes the World’s Jakes referring to Trenton Pottery.
Thank you very much for your wonderful and informative videos. Could you help some of us geriatric fans by speaking just a little bit slower? Please keep up the good work. Thanks.
I had a congenital heart murmur, for which the only medical restriction was that I was not supposed to be around tobacco smoke. My Mom was particularly zealous in refusing our patronage of restaurants which permitted smoking.
Do you know as a personal lives in northern Kentucky and the same gentleman who designed the Brooklyn Bridge designed our suspension bridge? Ours was first he never seen the Brooklyn Bridge get finished, but the suspension bridge between Kentucky and Ohio was his first and that piece of history seems to be have forgotten.
Blizzards like 1888, wow. Tho i live in Minnesota, in December 2010 we got pounded. If we hadnt had modern forcasts people would have died. Cars were still stuck on the roads tho. National guard Bradley's got thru. For around 18 hours it was total whiteout conditions. A storm like that is awful.
Perhaps it’s common knowledge, but what’s the story with all the military covers? Is it symbolism i.e. “where’s many caps” no prob not. Looks interesting. Great channel, easy to spot a pro.
*Question...* How did the two-wheeled carts, called caissons, that carried artillery ammunition, end-up also being the name used to refer to the air-pressurized wooden structures that were used to dig-out the river bottom beneath the Brooklyn Bridge?
_Enterprising New Yorkers brought out long ladders and charged a small fee to get people down from the elevated trains._ 😆🤣😅😂 [that's America. Folks pulling together during an emergency!]
I grew up in New York City in the 1970s. It was indeed a very tough place. One thing that I don’t think is mentioned is that the violence may also have been linked to the increase of lead in the environment. Once unleaded, gas became prevalent, after a demographic delay, violence went down all over the country. There is quite a lot of evidence that lead in the environment had a role to play in the rise of violence in America during that time.
Hey THG, I watch your videos all the time before bed and sometimes I wish there were trigger warnings beforehand, some of the background images you use can be upsetting to see unexpectedly 😔 here specifically I am talking about the heroin needle image in the video about the blackout of 77, but in earlier videos you also discussed various forms of suicide and murder also without a verbal sensitive content warning beforehand. As a person that suffers from PTSD and is in recovery, I really dislike a sudden graphic image! But I love to listen and learn, it is history that deserves to be remembered! I just hope you take a sensitive content warning into consideration, I'm not sure if you do it sometimes or not, thank you 🫶
That last story reminded me of the Marvel crossover storyline of Inferno in 1989. The story was literally Hell come to New York City and the notable precursor was that it was so hot. Marvel is a New York based company, so no doubt the event influenced the story.
Haha you should look up women drivers! A Putnam’s automobile hand book of 1918 has a chapter about his options. Would make a good episode. Funny stuff today!
Much worse was Timothy Sullivan's anti American sponsorship of the 'Sullivan Act' in 1911. Denying generations of New Yorkers their basic human right of self-defense.
Would Darth Vader actually kill the Joker..? I suggest that after a few swings of the lightsaber surprisingly difficult to read the intentions of one so devoid of intentions. With no forethought to act upon,. No predetermined goals,. Not even an emotion to play upon.. The perfect Sith.. How could Vader destroy something that, in his opinion,. Could be the first introduction of "fun" he has experienced since he was a child.
_Enterprising New Yorkers brought out long ladders and charged a small fee to get people down from the elevated trains._ 😆🤣😅😂 [that's America. Folks pulling together during an emergency!]
