[Ans] in 1884, who led 21 elephants across the brooklyn bridge to prove it was safe?

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The bridge—originally referred to as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and as the East River Bridge— was opened for use on May 24, 1883. Thousands of people attended the opening ceremony and many ships were present in the East Bay for the occasion.

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On May 17, 1884, P. T. Barnum helped to squelch doubts about the bridge's stability—while publicizing his famous circus—when one of his most famous attractions, Jumbo, led a parade of 21 elephants over the Brooklyn Bridge. Jumbo the Elephant and Jumbo the Circus Elephant, was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in the Sudan. Jumbo was eventually exported to Jardin des Plantes, a zoo in Paris, France; and then transferred in 1865 to London Zoo in England.

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On that first day, a total of 1,800 vehicles and 150,300 people crossed what was then the only land passage between Manhattan and Brooklyn. Remaining in the United Kingdom are statues and other memorabilia of Jumbo. Jumbo was sold in November 1881 to the Barnum & Bailey Circus for USD 10,000 (USD 248 thousand today).