No one can compute the loss of time ensuing daily from delays at the ferries to the multitudes crossing the stream. And time is not only money -- it is opportunity. Brooklyn becomes available, henceforth, as a place of residence to thousands, to whom the ability to reach their places of business without interruption from fog and ice is of paramount importance.

Question

—Opening Ceremonies of the
New York and Brooklyn Bridge,
Seth Low

Use the drop-down menus to identify which details from the text show the difficulties people faced in trying to get between the two boroughs before the bridge was built.

Brooklyn becomes available

delays at the ferries

time is opportunity

interruption from fog and ice

Answer 1

The details from the text that show the difficulties people faced in trying to get between the two boroughs before the bridge was built are:

• delays at the ferries
• interruption from fog and ice

These details highlight the challenges and inconveniences (such as delays and weather-related interruptions) that commuters encountered when traveling between Brooklyn and New York before the establishment of the bridge.