tunnel at Petersburg and
on the war
social effects of
“Turtles” used in
Gen. Warren in
Clarke, Thomas C., Jr
Clausen, Henry
Cleveland, Grover
at Brooklyn Bridge inauguration
Cleveland Rolling Mill
Clifton Bridge (England)
Clinton
(ferry)
Coal mine accidents
Cochrane, Admiral Lord Thomas
Collapsed bridges, casualties from
Ashtabula bridge
Quebec bridge
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Tay Bridge
Wheeling Bridge
Collingwood, Francis, Jr
Brooklyn caisson and
Brooklyn tower accident and
footbridge work and
New York caisson and
New York tower and
W. Roebling’s correspondence with
at RPI alumni gathering
testifies in Miller suit
Collins, Charles
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Coman, Thomas
Comet
(ship)
Committee of Investigation (of New York Bridge Company)
Competition among engineers
Compressed air
air system described
compressors
escape of, while pouring concrete
fire in Brooklyn caisson
increasing depth and air problems
physical derangements caused by
pressure required
See also Air locks
Compressed air “baths” against bends
Concrete
for Brooklyn caisson
compressed air escape while pouring
for New York caisson
for repairing fire damage
Coney Island (Brooklyn)
Coney Island Railroad
Connolly, Richard B., “Slippery Dick,”
breakup of Tweed Ring and
Rink Committee investigation and
at marriage of Tweed’s daughter
Cooper, Edward
Cooper, Lucia,
see
Roebling, Lucia
Cooper, Peter
Cooper, Theodore
Cooperation among engineers
Cope (worker)
Copeland, William
Corliss, George H.
Corliss steam engine
Corporations, growth of
Corruption, as product of city environment
see also Brooklyn Ring; Tweed Ring; Whis key Ring; Wire fraud
Cost
of Brooklyn Bridge
of caissons
estimated
fare
of fire in Brooklyn caisson
of terminal buildings
of Cincinnati Bridge
of first suspension bridge
of Hoosac Tunnel
of Pittsburgh aqueduct
of St. Louis Bridge
of Smithfield Street Bridge
Crane, Hart
Crazy Horse (Sioux chief)
Crook, Gen. George
Crossings
boatswain
of completed bridge
first pedestrian
number on opening day
by E. Roebling
of footbridge
of roadway
Crucible steel
conflict over use of
described
Cullen, E. M.
Custer, Gen. George A
Custom House (N.Y.C.)
Daily Graphic
(newspaper)
Dams built by J. Roebling
Daugherty (worker)
Davidson, Marshall P
Davis, Andrew
Davis, John G
Deaths, see Casualties
Deck, steel
Democratic National Convention (1852)
Democratic state convention (1882)
Democratic Vistas
(Whitman)
Dempsey (foreman)
Detwiller & Street
Dewey, S. Foster
Diagonal stays
of Brooklyn Bridge
of Cincinnati Bridge
first use of
of Wheeling Bridge
Diary of My Journey from Muehlausen in Thuringia via Bremen to the United States of North America in the Year
1831 (J. Roebling)
Dickens, Charles
Donovan, Larry
Douglas, Thomas
Dredge buckets
Dredging
for Brooklyn caisson
for New York caisson
Dredging equipment
breakdown of
crews to operate
Dufy, Raoul
Eads, Capt. James B.
caisson sickness (bends) and
death of
W. Roebling on
St. Louis Bridge built by, see St. Louis Bridge
sues W. Roebling
Early, Gen. Jubal
East River
currents of
problems presented by
shipbuilding along
East River Bridge,
see
Brooklyn Bridge
East River ferries
Edgar Thomson works
Edge Moor Iron Company
Edison, Thomas
Edison Company
Edson, Franklin
Effie Afton
(ship)
Eisenhardt (ex-soldier)
Elections, fraudulent
in Brooklyn
Presidential
Elements
(Euclid)
Ellet, Charles, Jr.
collapse of Wheeling Bridge and
plans for St. Louis Bridge and
rams built by
Ely, Smith
Emeline
(ship)
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Emott, James
Empire Bridge,
see
Brooklyn Bridge
Engineering
(magazine)
Engineering staff of New York Bridge
Company
Collingwood, Francis, Jr.; Farrington, E. F.; Hildenbrand, Wilhelm; Martin, C. C.; McNulty, George; Paine, Col. William H.; Probasco, Samuel; Roebling, John A.; Roebling, Washington A.
Ericsson, John
Erie Canal
Erie Railroad
Evarts, William M.
Everett, Edward
Fairchild, Charles
Fare, bridge train
Farrington, E. F.
Brooklyn caisson and
Brooklyn tower and
cable positioning and
cable snaps
crossing over cables
Emily Roebling and
floor planking and
footbridge work and
in charge of work
resigns
salary of
Farrow, Cornelia Witsell
Ferries
Feininger, Lyonel
Fifty, Committee of,
see
Rink Committee
Films, Brooklyn Bridge in
Finley, James
Fires
in Brooklyn caisson
damage
in Brooklyn Theater
Chicago
Rock Island Bridge
on General Slocum
Pittsburgh aqueduct destroyed by
Fish, Hamilton
Fish, Julia
Fisk, Jim
Black Friday and