- 24 - + Verrazano, an Italian about whom little is known, sailed into New York Harbour in 1524 and named it Angouleme. + He described it as 'a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river.' + Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his name will probably remain immortal, + for on November 21st, 1964, the longest suspension bridge in the world was named after him. + The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island. + It has a span of 4,260 feet. + The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its designer. + Two great towers support four huge cables. + The towers are built on immense underwater platforms made of steel and concrete. + The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea. + These alone took sixteen months to build. + Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet. + They support the cables from which the bridge has been suspended. + Each of the four cables contains 26,108 lengths of wire. + It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity. + However, size and strength are not the only important things about this bridge. + Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, + fulfilling its designer's dream to creat 'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible'. - 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