The Great Bridge

by David McCullough

  Ericsson, John

  Erie Canal

  Erie Railroad

  Evarts, William M.

  Everett, Edward

  Fairchild, Charles

  Fare, bridge train

  Farrington, E. F.

  Brooklyn caisson and

  Brooklyn tower and

  cable positioning and

  cable snaps

  crossing over cables

  Emily Roebling and

  floor planking and

  footbridge work and

  in charge of work

  resigns

  salary of

  Farrow, Cornelia Witsell

  Ferries

  Feininger, Lyonel

  Fifty, Committee of, see Rink Committee

  Films, Brooklyn Bridge in

  Finley, James

  Fires

  in Brooklyn caisson

  damage

  in Brooklyn Theater

  Chicago

  Rock Island Bridge

  on General Slocum

  Pittsburgh aqueduct destroyed by

  Fish, Hamilton

  Fish, Julia

  Fisk, Jim

  Black Friday and

  killed

  at marriage of Tweed’s daughter

  Tweed and

  Flad, Henry

  Floor

  planking for

  widening

  See also Roadway

  Floor beams, steel

  Flower, Roswell P.

  Flume of Pittsburgh aqueduct

  “Flying Pendent Lever Bridge” (Rainbow Bridge)

  Foley, Antoine

  Folger, Charles J.

  Footbridges

  of Brooklyn Bridge

  of Cincinnati Bridge

  Farrington and

  of Niagara Bridge

  Ford, Gordon

  Foundations

  of Brooklyn Bridge

  for approaches

  going below riverbed with

  projected depth of

  J. Roebling on

  wooden (for towers)

  of Cincinnati Bridge

  for St. Louis Bridge

  See also Anchorages; Caissons

  Fox, Richard K.

  Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper,

  Franklin, Benjamin

  Frederick the Great (Carlyle)

  Frelinghuysen, Theodore

  Frémont, Gen. John (Pathfinder)

  Fulton, Robert

  Fulton Street (Brooklyn)

  Garfield, James A.

  Garvey (Prince of Plasterers)

  General Slocum (ship)

  George, Henry

  George Washington Bridge

  Gilded Age, The (Twain)

  Gill, Washington

  Gleizes, Albert

  Godkin, E. L.

  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

  Golden Gate Bridge (Calif.)

  Gould, Jay

  Grace, William R.

  audit of New York Bridge Company and

  Brooklyn Bridge inauguration and

  removal of W. Roebling and, 491

  Grand Central Depot

  Grand Pont (Switzerland)

  Granite, use of

  Grant, Julia

  Grant, Ulysses S

  Beecher compared with

  Brooklyn Bridge and

  at Centennial Exhibition

  in Civil War

  St. Louis Bridge safety and

  Tweed Ring and

  Warren and

  Great Blowout

  Great Bridge, see Brooklyn Bridge

  Great Central Railroad

  Great Eastern (ship)

  Great Railroad Strike

  Great Western Canada Railroad

  Grecian Bend

  see also Bends

  Greeley, Horace

  Green, Andrew H

  Greene (professor)

  Greenwood Cemetery (Brooklyn)

  Guglielmi, O. Louis

  Haigh, J. Lloyd

  bankruptcy of

  cable contract award and

  jailed

  wire fraud of

  Hall, A. Oakey

  Harbison, Massy

  Harney, Gen. William S.

  Harper’s Monthly (magazine)

  Harper’s Weekly (magazine)

  on Avondale coal mine accident

  award of cable wire contracts and

  breakup of Tweed Ring and

  on Brooklyn caisson

  Harpers Ferry bridge (Va.)

  Harris, Frank (worker)

  Harris, Frank (writer)

  Hassam, Childe

  Havemeyer, William

  Hayes, Rutherford B.

  Heffner (worker)

  Hegel, G. W. F.

  Hemp hawsings, iron rope replacing

  Henry, John

  Henshaw (doctor)

  Herting (grandmother of John Roebling)

  Hewitt, Abram

  award of cable wire contracts and

  breakup of Tweed Ring and

  at Brooklyn Bridge

  inauguration

  at 1882 Democratic state convention

  Rink Committee investigation and

  as Tilden’s campaign manager

  Hewitt, Charles

  Hildenbrand, Wilhelm

  designs of New York anchorage and

  trusswork and

  Williamsburg Bridge built by

  Hill, Albert

  Hoffman, John T.

  Hoisting engines

  double

  for positioning cables

  to raise stone blocks of towers

  Honeymoon Bridge (Niagara Falls)

  Hook, Mrs. (sister of Emily Roebling)

  Hooker, Gen. Joseph (Fighting Joe)

  Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.)

  “Hospital lock,”

  Houses built by J. Roebling

  Howell, James

  Howells, William Dean

  Huckleberry Finn (Twain)

  Hull (manufacturer)

  Humphreys, Gen. A. A.

  Hunter, John W.

  Hunter, W., Jr.

  Husted, S. L.

  Hydraulic jacks for excavating for caissons

  Immigration, German (1831)

  Inauguration (Brooklyn Bridge)

  Brooklyn prepares for

  ceremonies described

  electric lights turned on

  excitement in New York

  invitations to

  planning of

  reception following

  speeches made at

  Inclined stays, see Diagonal stays

  Income tax, introduced

  Independent (newspaper)

  Injuries, see Casualties

  Inman Line (ship line)

  Innocents Abroad, The (Twain)

  Intelligencer (newspaper)

  International Suspension Bridge, see Niagara Bridge

  Investigating committees, see Investigation, Committee of; Rink Committee; Seventy, Committee of

  Investigation, Committee of (New York Bridge Company)

  Iron Age, The (magazine)

  Iron buildings

  Iron ropes, first manufactured

  Iron superstructure, weight of see also Superstructure

  Irving, Washington

  Jacobs Creek chain bridge (La.)

  Jacobson, Andrew

  Jackson, Gen. T. J. “Stonewall,”

  James, Henry

  James, Jesse

  Jaminet (doctor)

  Jarvis, Charles H. (husband of Josephine Roebling)

  Jarvis, Josephine (daughter of John Roebling)

  Jay Cooke & Company

  Jefferson, Thomas

  Jenkins, J. W.

  Jenks, G. T.

  John A. Roebling’s Sons

  award of cable contract and

  bought out

  Hildenbrand’s work for

  incorporates

  W. Roebling in charge of

  size of

 
wire fraud and

  Johnson, Andrew

  Johnson, Gen. Jeremiah

  Johnson, Samuel

  Jones, George

  Journal of Commerce (newspaper)

  July Revolution (German; 1830)

  Jumps from Brooklyn Bridge

  see also Suicides

  Kalbfleisch, Martin

  Kearsarge (ship)

  Keefer, Samuel

  Kenney, Abner

  Kelly, “Honest John,”

  at 1882 Democratic state convention

  withholding of funds for Brooklyn Bridge by

  Kelso (New York Police superintendent)

  Keystone Bridge Company

  Keystones of Brooklyn tower arch

  King, Major W. R.

  Kings County Democrats

  breakup of Tweed Ring and

  at Brooklyn caisson launching

  at Democratic state convention

  Kingsley, William C.

  breakup of Tweed Ring and

  Committee of Investigation

  New York World investigates

  Rink Committee investigates

  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)