When Brooklyn and New York’s population was booming at the end of the 19th century, the best way to get to and from Brooklyn was via ferries. As solutions were considered, I’m sure there were those who simply thought, “More boats!” These ardent defenders of the status quo were not engineers — they were the business.

Read the entire post about Building the Brooklyn Bridge. Also the comments which point out a few exaggerations like the comment about no power tools.