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  History of Butler County, Pennsylvania. Waterman, Watkins and Company, Chicago, 1883.

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  Index

  Accidents

  Brooklyn Bridge on Brooklyn tower

  on Brooklyn anchorage

  during cable positioning

  Great Blowout.

  on promenade

  coal mine (1869)

  of J. Roebling,

  See also Bends; Blowouts;

  Casualties; Collapsed bridges

  Fires

  Adams, Col. Julius

  Adams, Mrs. Julius

  Adams, Henry

  Adams, John,

  Adams, John Quincy

  Advocate (magazine)

  Agnew, John T.

  Air compressors

  for Brooklyn caisson

  for New York caisson

  See also Compressed air

  Air locks

  bends and time spent in

  “hospital lock,”

  colds and bronchitis in

  described

  in Great Blowout

  placement of

  Air pressure, required

  Albany Water Works

  Alexandra (Empress of Russia)

  Allegheny River Bridge (Pa.)

  Allen, Horatio

  maiden voyage of Brooklyn caisson

  planning of Brooklyn Bridge and

  Rink Committee investigation and

  at J. Roebling’s funeral

  tours St. Louis Bridge

  Tweed and

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  Ammerman, Mr.

  Anchor bars

  contracts for

  described

  specifications for

  Anchor plates

  dimensions of

  eyebar chains in

  specifications for

  Anchorages

  approaches to

  building time of Brooklyn

  completed

  design of

  diagonal stays

  dimensions of New York and Brooklyn

  limestone in

  masonry break in

  W. Roebling on

  specifications for New York

  size of

  technique for

  See also Anchor bars; Anchor plates

  Anderson, Maxwell

  Appleton, Abram

  Approaches

  defined

  foundations for

  leading to anchorages

  Arberg (worker)

  Arc of Brooklyn Bridge

  Arches, W. Roebling on

  Arnold, Frederick.

  Art, Brooklyn Bridge in

  Arthur, Chester A.

  at Brooklyn Bridge inauguration

  Ashtabula bridge

  Aspinwall, Gen. Lloyd

  award of cable wire contracts and

  Atlantic Monthly (magazine)

  August Eduard (ship)

  Bach, Johann Sebastian

  Backhouse (committee chairman)

  Baehr, Ferdinand

  Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O Railroad

  Barnabo, John

  Barnard, Frederick A

  Barnes, Alfred C

  Barnes, A. S

  Barnes, Demas

  building of Brooklyn Bridge sup

  Committee of Investigation and

  planning of Brooklyn Bridge and

  reputation of

  Rink Committee investigation and

  at J. Roebling’s funeral

  Barnum, P. T

  Beach, Alfred E

  Beach, Moses

  Beals, J. H.

  Beecher, Henry Ward

  Beecher-Tilton Trial

  at Brooklyn Bridge inauguration

  fame of

  on Fisk’s death

  scandal involving

  Beecher, Mrs. Henry Ward

  Beecher-Tilton Trial

  Beers, Henry

  Bell, Alexander Graham

  Bell (of Webb & Bell shipyards)

  Bellknap, William

  Bemelmans, Ludwig

  Bends

  from Brooklyn caisson

  crippling

  deaths

  first cases

  men most susceptible to

  symptoms

  “hospital lock” for treating

  from New York caisson

  case histories

  effects first felt.

  fear of

  first deaths

  return to compression

  rules for avoiding

  study of conditions and symptoms

  time in air locks

  nitrogen in blood and

  Bends

  of St. Louis Bridge men

  W. Roebling gets, see Roebling, Washington A.—health of

  Bennett, James Gordon

  Benson, Arthur W.

  Bert, Paul

  Bessemer, Henry

  Bessemer steel

  conflict over use of

  production of

  Big Bend Tunnel

  Billy Sunday (dog)

  Black Friday (1869)

  Blake, Thomas

  Blasting for caisson placement

  Blowouts

  frequency of

  Great Blowout

  of supply shaft

  Boardwalks, projected

  Bodwell, J. R.

  Bodwell Granite Company

  Bogardus, James

  Bonetecon (doctor)

  Bossism, see Kings County Democrats; McLaughlin, Hugh; Tweed, William M.

  Bouch, Sir Thomas

  Bowen, Henry

  Brennan, Matthew T.

  Brevoort, J. Carson

  Bridge, The (poem by Crane)

  Bridge, The (painting by Stella)

  Bridge Party

  members of

  paying for

  purpose of

  J. Roebling joins

  tours J. Roebling’s works

  Brinkman (doctor)

  Britannia Bridge (Wales)

  Brodie, Steve

  Brooklyn (“City of Churches”)

  becomes a borough of New York City

  bridge scheme to benefit

  Brooklyn

  Brooklyn Heights, see Brooklyn Heights

  ferries of

  New York compared with (1869)

  political corruption in

  see also Rink Committee

  political structure of

  population of

  social and economic conditions in

  topography of

  transformed

  Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (N.Y.C.)

  Brooklyn Bridge (East River Bridge; Empire Bridge; Great Bridge The New York and Brooklyn Bridge; Roebling Bridge)

 

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