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Bridges.
The most notable ones in United States history are:
Arch bridges.
St. Louis Bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis, Mo.; three arches formed of tubes of cast-steel, and built out from the piers without scaffolding: the centre span, 520 feet; the others.
502 feet each; 2,200 tons of steel and 3,400 tons of iron were used in its construction.
Built by Col. James B. Eads at a cost of $10,000,000. Begun 1867, and completed July 4. 1874.
High Bridge, across the Harlem River, in New York City; built to carry the Croton aqueduct across the river.
It consists of thirteen arches, and is 1,460 feet long.
Washington Bridge, across the Harlem River.
just north of High Bridge; consists of nine arches, three of granite on the east side, four of granite on the west, and two steel arches spanning the river.
This bridge is 2,400 feet long and 80 feet wide; completed in 1888.
Suspension bridges.
Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, across the gorge, 2 miles below the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eads , James Buchanan , 1820 - (search)
Eads, James Buchanan, 1820-
Engineer; born in Lawrenceburg, Ind., May 23, 1820.
His controlling genius was manifested in early childhood.
His first invention tus for recovering vessels with their cargoes from the muddy depths of a river.
Eads made a fortune by it. In 1861 he was employed by the national government to cons med mighty deeds during the Civil War. At the beginning of July, 1874,
James Buchanan Eads. he completed a magnificent iron railroad bridge across the Mississippi channel was necessary to prevent the continual grounding of vessels upon it. Captain Eads was the first to suggest that this laborious and expensive dredging process e South Pass, the narrowest of the three channels of the Mississippi delta.
Captain Eads wished to try his experiment on the Southwest Pass, the deepest and widest c 0,000 cubic yards; concrete, 9,000 tons; piling and lumber, 12,000,000 feet. Captain Eads's plan has been proved to be very successful, for the banks of the jetty con
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Engineering. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tehuantepec ship Railway . (search)
Tehuantepec ship Railway.
Early in 1881 Capt. James B. Eads, who had won considerable reputation as an engineer in building the great bridge over the Mississippi at St. Louis, and also in constructing the system of jetties at the mouth of that river, obtained from the Mexican government the right to build a ship railway across the isthmus of Tehuantepec.
That government also promised him a large grant of money and land, and he immediately made application to Congress for further aid to e reports.
When he was altogether worn out with the struggle to obtain due recognition for his scheme, the Forty-ninth Congress partially consented to incorporate his company.
A bill was passed by the Senate Feb. 17, 1887, which constituted James B. Eads and some eighty other persons named as a body politic under the name and title of the Atlantic and Pacific Ship Railway Company.
The stock was not to exceed $100,000,000, and when 10 per cent. of the stock had been subscribed for and 10 per
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)