Just six days after opening to the public, a rumor quickly spread that the Brooklyn Bridge was about to collapse. A stampede ...

He was turned down, but with public trust of the structure still wavering, a display of the Brooklyn Bridge’s strength seemed to be a good idea. On May 17, 1884, Barnum marched 21 elephants ...

Following 13 years of construction, New York’s Brooklyn Bridge was opened ... the public’s mind at ease about the bridge. He took his troop of elephants, led by the famous Jumbo, for a walk ...