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Correction for the weight of The Brooklyn Bridge

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How heavy is 47,000 firkins?
It's about one-tenth as heavy as The Brooklyn Bridge
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The weight of The Brooklyn Bridge is about 326,300 firkins.
(a.k.a. New York and Brooklyn Bridge) (Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York City, New York) (total weight)
The total weight of the Brooklyn Bridge is approximately 326,300 firkins. In a promotional event to prove the bridge's stability shortly after it opened, entertainer P. T. Barnum led a parade of 21 elephants across it in May of 1884.
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