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Brooklyn Bridge and

 

award of cable wire contracts

 

bridge plans

 

bridge trains

 

bridge idea spearheaded by

 

cost estimates

 

fare cost

 

at inauguration ceremony

 

money furnished by

 

trusswork

 

Brooklyn caisson and

 

Brooklyn Theater fire and

 

Brooklyn tower and

 

building of Central Park and

 

death of Murphy and

 

at launching of New York caisson

 

political ambitions of

 

1882 state Democratic convention

 

on quality of American manufacturing

 

J. Roebling’s funeral and

 

W. Roebling and

 

removal of Roebling

 

Roebling’s staff

 

sale of bridge stock

 

Steinmetz’s hostility to

 

Tweed denounced by

 

wire fraud

Kingsley, Mrs. William

Kingsley & Keeney (contractors)

Kimbel, Charles

Kinsella, Thomas

 

award of cable wire contracts and

 

breakup of Tweed Ring and

 

in Bridge Party

 

bridge plans and

 

bridge trains and

 

on Brooklyn caisson

 

1882 Democratic state convention and

 

footbridge work and

 

at launching of New York caisson

 

leaves New York Bridge Company

 

on politicians

 

removal of W. Roebling and

 

Rink Committee investigation and

 

on J. Roebling

 

at Roebling’s funeral

Kirkwood, James Pugh

Kloman, Andrew

Kohrner, William

Krupp works (Essen, Germany)

Land spans, defined

Lane, William

Latrobe, Benjamin Henry

Laveille, Gussie

Lawsuits

 

against J. Kelly

 

against New York Bridge Company

 

against W. Roebling

 

involving Lincoln

 

started by Miller

Leavy (shipmaster)

Lee, Gen. Robert E.

Lesseps, Ferdinand de

Levy, Jules

Lewis, John W.

Lewiston suspension bridge (N.Y.)

Liberty, Statue of (N.Y.C.)

Lickey, Phebe (mother of Emily Roebling)

Lights

 

for Brooklyn caisson

 

at inauguration

 

for terminal buildings

 

turned on

Limelights (calcium lamps) in Brooklyn caisson

Limestone

 

in anchorages

 

first block of

 

selecting

 

specifications for

Lincoln, Abraham

 

assassination of

 

on Beecher

 

lawsuit involving

 

H.C. Murphy and

 

Paine promoted by

 

W. Roebling on

Linville, J. H., 1

Literature, Brooklyn Bridge in

Littlejohn, A. N.

Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn)

Lott, John A.

Low, A. A.

Low, Seth

 

auditing New York Bridge Company and

 

Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and

 

removal of W. Roebling and

Lyman, Col. Theodore

Lynch, Mike

McAlpine, William J.

McCann (worker)

McCarey, Francis

McCarthy, Timothy

McCue, Alexander

 

as attorney for New York Bridge Company

 

Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and

 

Committee of Investigation and

McDonald (worker)

McDonald, Charles

McDowell, Gen. Irvin

McGrath (worker)

McKay, Patrick

McLaughlin, Hugh (Boss)

 

breakup of Tweed Ring and

 

bridge plans and

 

Brooklyn Ring and

 

corruption of

 

Kingsley and

 

Low and

 

wire fraud and

McLean, Samuel

McNulty, George

 

Brooklyn anchorage accident and

 

Brooklyn caisson and

 

Brooklyn terminal building designed

 

cable positioning and

 

design of Brooklyn tower and

 

footbridge work and

 

Tay Bridge collapse and

 

testifies in Miller suit

Madison, James

Maginnis, Arthur Ambrose

Maginnis, Mary (Mary A. Tweed)

Maid of Mist
(ship)

Maintenance of Brooklyn Bridge

“Man. Conscience” (J. Roebling)

Manhattan,
see
New York

Manhattan Bridge (N.Y.C.)

Mansfield, Josie

Marin, John

Marshall, William

 

removal of W. Roebling and

 

wire fraud and

Martin

 

accidents at Brooklyn tower and

 

award of cable wire contracts and

 

Bridge plans and

 

cable installation and

 

Farrington’s quarrel with

 

fire in Brooklyn caisson and

 

footbridge work and

 

maintenance work and

 

promenade accident and

 

at J. Roebling’s funeral

 

W. Roebling and

 

removal of Roebling and

 

replaces Roebling

 

Roebling’s bends attacks and

 

suffers bends attack

 

testifies in Miller suit

 

trusswork and

 

wire fraud and

Martin, James

Martin, Kingsley

Mary Powell
(ship)

Meade, Gen. George

Melville, Herman

Menai Strait bridge (Wales)

Mercantile Library (Brooklyn)

Merrimac
(ship)

Methfessel, Laura (daughter of John Roebling)

 

children of

 

death of her father and

Methfessel, Mr. (husband of Laura)

Miller, Abraham

Miller, William

Mills Building (N.Y.C.)

Mineola
(ferry)

Minnesota
(ship)

Monitor
(ship)

Monroe, James

Mont Cenis Tunnel

Montauk
(ferry)

Morgan, J. P.

Morgan, John

Morgan, Junius

Moreaux (French engineer)

Morris, George Pope

Morse, Samuel F. B.

Morse Building (N.Y.C.)

Motley (board member)

Mullen, Neil

Mumford, Lewis

Murphy, G. I.

Murphy, Henry C.

 

award of cable contracts and

 

breakup of Tweed Ring and

 

Brooklyn Bridge and bridge idea spearheaded by

 

bridge plans and

 

bridge trains and

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