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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
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