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The Great Bridge

Page 74

by David McCullough


  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

  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

  Pneumatic water closet

  Poems on Brooklyn Bridge

  Pol M. B.

  Police Gazette (newspaper)

  Pope, Thomas

  Population of Brooklyn and New York

  1869:

  1883:

  1930:

  Portage Railroad

  Post, George B.

  Powell, Samuel S.

  Prentice, John H.

  Probasco, Samuel

  Promenade

  accident on

  projected elevated

  Prospect Park (Brooklyn)

  Prototype of suspension bridges

  Pulitzer, Joseph

  Pyramid Pin Company

  Quebec bridge (Canada), collapse of

  Queensboro Bridge (N.Y.C.)

  Quintard, Orestes P.

  Railroad Journal (magazine)

  Railroads

  accident in

  bridges crossed by

  Niagara Bridge and

  first locomotive, see also Trains growth of

  J. Roebling and

  See also specific railroads

  Rainbow Bridge (projected bridge)

  Rappahannock suspension bridge (Md.)

  Rawlins, John A.

  Raymond, Rossiter W.

  Reading Railroad

  Reardon (worker)

  Reed (worker)

  Reed, Walter

  Rendel (British engineer)

  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

  Restell, Madame

  Revenues

  from Allegheny River Bridge

  from Cincinnati Bridge

  expected from Brooklyn Bridge

  Richard Johnson & Nephew

  Riedel, Edward

  Riley, E.

  Riley, James

  Riley, John

  Rink Committee (Committee of Fifty)

  investigates New York Bridge Company

  organized

  River span

  of Brooklyn Bridge

  criticized

  elevation of

  elevation raised

  length extended

  of Cincinnati Bridge

  of Jacob’s Creek suspension bridge

  of Niagara Bridge

  of Smithfield Street Bridge

  of Wheeling Bridge

  Roadway

  of Brooklyn Bridge

  completed

  first crossing on

  specifications of

  of Cincinnati Bridge

  Robinson, Capt. Joel

  Rock Island Bridge (Ill.)

  Rock Island Railroad

  Rocks

  in excavating for Brooklyn caisson

  in excavating for New York caisson

  Roebling, Charles (son of John Roebling)

  Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and

  son of

  in wire business

  cable making for Williamsburg Bridge

  display for Machinery Hall

  Roebling, Christoph Polycarpus (father of John Roebling)

  Roebling, Cornelia (second wife of Washington Roebling)

  Roebling, Edmund (son of John Roebling)

  Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and

  W. Roebling on

  W. Roebling as guardian of

  visitation from relatives and

  Roebling, Elvira (daughter of John Roebling), see Stewart, Elvira

  Roebling, Emily (first wife of Washington Roebling)

  in Brooklyn Bridge building activity on assistant engineers

  attempts to remove Washington

  Brooklyn Bridge opening

  crosses completed bridge

  influence and importance of Emily

  interviewed

  New York caisson positioning

  plaques honoring

  steel deck

  strands for cables

  Tay Bridge tragedy

  visit to bridge in progress

  visits Europe (1867)

  wire fraud

  child of

  last years of

  Roebling family and

  John’s death

  John meets

  Washington on his father

  G. K. Warren’s fate and

  Washington’s health and Emily’s growing influence and importance

 

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