For those interested in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, the book The Great Bridge[1] tells a very interesting story of both the difficult engineering problems and the political intrigue of those times.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/067145711X

There is a book The Great Bridge[1] that is a detailed history of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and Roebling. When I read it, they were describing the problem of "caisson disease", and I was literally screaming "They have the bends! They're coming out of the pressurized rooms under the casson too fast!" It was really interesting to see the perspective without the knowledge what we'd consider to be common knowledge knowadays.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Great-Bridge-Story-Building-Brooklyn/d...