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