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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

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