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Brooklyn anchorage accident and

 

cable positioning and

 

cost of bridge

 

footbridge work and

 

Kelly’s decision to withhold funds and

 

Committee of Investigation report and

 

death of

 

Kingsley compared with

 

New York Bridge Company and

 

as president

 

progress reports submitted

 

reorganization of board of trustees and

 

New York World attacks

 

Rink Committee investigation and

 

at J. Roebling’s funeral

 

W. Roebling and Roebling’s bends attacks and

 

Roebling’s correspondence with

 

Roebling’s removal and

 

at RPI alumni gathering

 

sale of bridge stock and

 

wire fraud and

Murphy, John

Music Academy (Brooklyn)

My Life and Loves
(Harris)

Myers, John

Napoleon I (Emperor of France)

Nast, Thomas

Nation, The
(magazine)

National Historic Landmark, Brooklyn Bridge as

New York (N.Y.) Brooklyn compared with (1869)

 

effects of bridge building on

 

first subway in

 

impressions of

 

population of

 

1869: 104

 

1883: 506

 

1930: 551

 

social life of

New York Bridge Company (Brooklyn)

 

accident at tower site and

 

audited

 

Board of Directors of

 

Chief Engineer of, see Roebling, John A.; Roebling, Washington A.

 

Committee of Investigation of

 

changes following report

 

report of

 

engineering staff of

 

see also Collingwood, Francis, Jr.; Farrington, E. F.; Hildenbrand, Wilhelm; McNulty, George; Martin, C. C.; Paine, Col. William; Probasco, Samuel; Roebling, John A.; Roebling, Washington A.

 

Kinsella leaves

 

Murphy and

 

see also Murphy, Henry C.

 

New York World attacks

 

offices of

 

original charter of, modified

 

powers of

 

Rink Committee investigates

 

stock of

 

graft and

 

ownership of

 

scandal over

 

selling

 

Tweed Ring control of

 

value of

 

sued,

 

wire fraud and

New York and Brooklyn Bridge, (official name of Brooklyn Bridge),
see also
Brooklyn Bridge

New York & Brooklyn Saw Mill and Lumber Company

New York Central Railroad

New York City (N.Y.),
see also
Brooklyn; New York

New York
Evening Post
(newspaper)

New York
Herald
(newspaper)

 

award of cable wire contracts and

 

Centennial Exhibition and

 

footbridge work and

 

marriage of Tweed’s daughter and

 

positioning of cables and

New York Illustrated Times
(newspaper)

New York
Mirror
(newspaper)

New York Polytechnic Society

New York
Star
(newspaper)

New York
Sun
(newspaper)

 

Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and

 

Centennial Exhibition and

 

on W. Roebling

New York Times
(newspaper)

 

breakup of Tweed Ring and

 

Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and

 

cable wire positioning and

 

1882 Democratic state convention and

 

on Vanderbilt fancy-dress ball

 

wire fraud and

New York
Tribune
(newspaper)

 

breakup of Tweed Ring and

 

Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and

 

footbridge work and

 

removal of W. Roebling and

 

Rink Committee investigation and

New York
World
(newspaper)

 

attacks New York Bridge Company

 

Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and

 

on cable positioning

 

on Committee of Investigation

 

Kingsley interviewed by

 

Rink Committee investigation and

New York’s Novelty Iron Works

Newell, Stub

Newport
Daily News
(newspaper)

Newport Guide,

Newton, Sir Isaac

Newton, Gen. John

Niagara Bridge (International Suspension Bridge)

 

Ellet and

 

footbridge of

 

plans for

Niagara Falls
Gazette
(newspaper)

Nicholas II (Czar of Russia)

Nitrogen, effects of sudden release of, in bloodstream

Nolan, Samuel Barnes B.

North American Review
(magazine)

Northern Pacific Railroad

O’Brien, Jimmy

Occupational hazards,
see
Accidents; Bends; Casualties

Odium, Robert E.

O’Keeffe, Georgia

Olmsted, Frederick Law

On the Bowery
(play)

O’Neil, James

Orangemen’s Parade riots (1870, 1871)

O’Rourke, Matthew J.

Osborne, Louis

Otis Elevator Company

Overman, Frederick

Overton, Charles

Owl’s Head Park (Brooklyn)

Paine, Col. William

 

award of cable wire contracts and

 

Brooklyn caisson and

 

Brooklyn tower accident and

 

cable positioning and

 

footbridge work and

 

inventions of

 

New York caisson and

 

New York tower and

 

at J. Roebling’s funeral

 

removal of W. Roebling and

 

Tay Bridge collapse and

 

trusswork and

 

wire fraud and

Panama Canal

Panics

 

1857:

 

1869:

 

1873:

Paralysis caused by compressed air,
see also
Bends

Parrott, Robert

Peale, Rembrandt

Peck, C. G.

Pedro, Dom (Emperor of Brazil)

Pennell, Joseph

Pennsylvania Canal

Pennsylvania Railroad

People’s Day, see Inauguration

Phoenix Iron Company

Picnic on the Hudson
(Rossiter)

Pierce, Franklin

Pierrepont, Henry E.

Pierrepont, Hezekiah

Piers of Brooklyn

Pikes Peak Railway

Pile drivers for blasting

Pittsburgh aqueduct (Pa.)

Plymouth Church (Brooklyn)

 

pastor of, see Beecher, Henry Ward

Pneumatic caissons,
see
Caissons, pneumatic

Pneumatic trains

Pneumatic tunnels

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