And in the 1930s, advanced steel manufacturing could create cables of bundled wire to act as strong steel rope for large-scale construction.

在 20 世纪 30 年代，先进的钢铁制造业可以制造出捆扎成束的钢索，这样的坚固钢索可以用于大型建筑。

A bridge was built across the East River by stretching ropes made of steel from one side of the river to the other and hanging the floor of the bridge from these steel ropes.

一座桥横跨东河之上，拉紧的钢索从河岸两边吊起大桥的桥面。