On this day, historical insights reveal the significance of engineering feats in urban landscapes like New York City, emphasizing the vital role bridges play in daily life. Notably, the Queensboro and Manhattan Bridges are credited to Bridge Commissioner James Stevenson, showcasing his contributions to the city's infrastructure. In another highlight from 1920, the Eagle reported on Robert H. Goddard's ambitious rocket testing, poised to transform the understanding of flight and potentially facilitate space exploration, marking a pivotal moment in aviation history.
To the average person a bridge is just a bridge. Comparatively few of the hundreds of thousands who daily pass over the great bridges of New York realize what they mean.
The Queensboro Bridge was practically constructed and completed by Bridge Commissioner [James] Stevenson. The same is also true of the present progress of the Manhattan Bridge.
The first test of working models of rocket apparatus by which Prof. Robert H. Goddard hopes to reach altitudes above the earth's air envelope... will be made at Worcester, Mass.
Should Prof. Goddard's theory prove workable... the event may rank in the history of a new super-aviation science, as yet unnamed.
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